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The Thing Around Your Neck
The Thing Around Your Neck
Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
In her most intimate and seamlessly crafted work to date, Adichie turns her penetrating eye on not only Nigeria but America, in twelve dazzling stories that explore the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Africa and the United States. — In “A Private Experience,” a medical student hides from a violent riot with a poor ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780007306213
ISBN-10: 0007306210
Publication Date: 9/1/2009
Pages: 300
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4.2 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: 4th Estate
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 6
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Beautifully written stories that really capture the experience of living between two cultures. All beautifully phrased, and beautifully structured. Adichie captures the voices of very different characters so clearly and sympathetically.

If I had to chose a favorite, I would first have to pathetically say "all of them," because each one is so different, and so very well judged to achieve a clear and thoughtful narrative objective. And then I would have to 'fess up, and admit that the one that will linger in my mind is "Jumping Monkey Hill," which is a lovely, funny story that describes the creative writing workshop from Hell, with special African overtones. And does a lovely job of demonstrating that our first job, whether as an individual or as a culture, is to take control of the story. And yes, "... this ending, in a story, would be considered plausible."


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