Americanah - Bouquins

eBook

Langue : English

Publié 27 janvier 2017 par 4th Estate.

ISBN :: 978-0-00-735649-2
Numéro OCLC :: 954254482

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As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. The self-assured Ifemelu departs for America. There she suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze had hoped to join her, but post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.

Thirteen years later, Obinze is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as a blogger. But after so long apart and so many changes, will they find the courage to meet again, face to face?

Fearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning ‘Americanah’ is a richly told story of love and expectation set in today’s globalized world. …

As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the country if they can. The self-assured Ifemelu departs for America. There she suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Obinze had hoped to join her, but post-9/11 America will not let him in, and he plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London.

Thirteen years later, Obinze is a wealthy man in a newly democratic Nigeria, while Ifemelu has achieved success as a blogger. But after so long apart and so many changes, will they find the courage to meet again, face to face?

Fearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning ‘Americanah’ is a richly told story of love and expectation set in today’s globalized world.

Source: www.harpercollins.com.au/9780007356492/

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Bob a publié une critique de Americanah par Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Un très bon roman qui fait plonger dans la question des racines et de l'identité

5 étoiles

J'ai beaucoup aimé Americanah. L'héroïne Ifemelu, quitte le Nigeria pour aller étudier aux États-Unis et se retrouve confronté à la question de son identité entre étudiante états-unienne et nigériane, aux questions de race et de racisme entre les deux continents, mais également à la distance avec sa famille, aux histoires d'amours et relations quand on vit à l'étranger. C'est beau, très bien écrit, et très fin.