Americanah wins Best Fiction at National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) Award

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and her editor Robin Desser at the NBCC Awards after AMERICANAH won best Fiction.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's first novel was longlisted for the Man Booker prize; her second, Half of a Yellow Sun, won the Orange prize. Now her third, the acclaimed Americanah, has beaten Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch to win the Nigerian author one of most prestigious literary prizes in the US, the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) award.

Americanah, which has also just been longlisted for the Baileys women's fiction prize, alongside titles by Evie Wyld, Elizabeth Gilbert and Booker-winner Eleanor Catton, had previously found favour among US book reviewers. The New York Times called it "witheringly trenchant and hugely empathetic, both worldly and geographically precise, a novel that holds the discomfiting realities of our times fearlessly before us", and the Washington Post said it contained "a ruthless honesty about the ugly and beautiful sides" of the United States and Nigeria.

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#AMERICANAH by Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie Tops NYTimes List of 'The 10 Best Books of 2013

The year’s best books, selected by the editors of The New York Times 

Book Review.

FICTION

AMERICANAH

By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
By turns tender and trenchant, Adichie’s third novel takes on the comedy and tragedy of American race relations from the perspective of a young Nigerian immigrant. From the office politics of a hair-braiding salon to the burden of memory, there’s nothing too humble or daunting for this fearless writer, who is so attuned to the various worlds and shifting selves we inhabit — in life and online, in love, as agents and victims of history and the heroes of our own stories.

'The Kinky Twist' by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

To celebrate her new novel, AMERICANAH—a story of love, race…and hair— I'll be sharing a series of original illustrations inspired by the book.

All illustrations are from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Here’s the first!

An Afternoon With Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Literary minds gathered yesterday, 19th March 2011 with Farafina author and ‘21st century daughter of Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The gathering featured literary discussions, autograph sessions, Q & A sessions and lots more! The forum which took place at Debonairs Bookstore in Yaba had lots of guests and it was indeed a fun time. Debonairs bookstore also offered discounts on books sold.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Book Launch and Reading

The public presentation of ‘The Thing Around your Neck’, the newest book of award winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was held on the 11th of July at the Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island. The inspiring evening of readings, discussion and celebration gathered literary minds from far and around, from writers, journalists, critics, artists to all lovers of art.
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