Chimamanda Adichie’s novel, “Americanah” , has been recognized as one of fifteen remarkable books by women that are shaping the way fiction was being written and read in the 21st century.”
The book was listed by the New York Times Staff Book Critics among fiction books, each of which features a woman at its center, to mark Women’s History Month.
According to The New York Times, on their selection process, the 15 books were fictional novels that addressed diverse issues. The international news magazine wrote on its website ‘nytimes.com’ that the list of fiction books was compiled to mark Women’s History Month, tagging the women ‘The New Vanguard’.
The list aims “to think about these writers who are opening new realms to us, whose books suggest and embody unexplored possibilities in form, feeling and knowledge.”
For Adichie’s citation, the magazine wrote among other things; “If you were paying attention, you might have seen this book coming. “Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s first novel, “Purple Hibiscus,” was long listed for the Man Booker Prize. “Her second, “Half of a Yellow Sun,” won the Orange Prize. In 2008, she was awarded a MacArthur “genius” grant.“But “Americanah” more than paid off on this writer’s promise.
It’s a resonant and fiercely intellectual novel about a Nigerian woman named Ifemelu who leaves Africa for America and suffers here.
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