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Purple Hibiscus
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.
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From the reviews of
‘One of the finest debut novels of recent years, a complex and compelling account of a 15-year-old girl’s sexual awakening and religious oppression…It is a novel as revealing as Arundhati Roy’s
‘Perceptive characterisation and an evocative portrayal of a fast-changing country mark this Orange-shortlisted novel out from the crowd’
‘Assured and evocative, it touches on domestic violence and religious fundamentalism with subtlety and sensitivity. Surely a tale for our times’
‘With writing marked by infinite wisdom and heart-breaking generosity, Adichie draws the African struggle for a modern identity into the heart of family life…Balanced yet passionate, hers is an inspirational new voice and
‘This is a novel that brings you into the heart of private passions. But it is also a novel that strays into political waters and does so with some subtlety’
Natasha Walter,
‘Adichie has an enviable mastery of narrative composition. Her characters are vivid. Her pacing is excellent. She has a keen sense of irony…Into her enthralling tale Adichie weaves complex themes…The result is a story which is racy but complex and stimulating. It grips the reader from start to finish. I could not put it down’
‘The simplicity of the transformation tale – the stuff of many oldfashioned school stories – is made more powerful by the plot’s twists and surprises and by the endearing and moving characters…Its cleverly contrived naivety opens the reader to a world of feeling containing meaning’
‘This debut novel, in the best tradition of the coming-of-age novel, serves as a reminder of what serious, committed storytelling can do…Adichie draws us inside Kambili’s world through her rich descriptions of physical and domestic environments, her artful deployment of suspense and drama’
Michèle Roberts,
‘Immensely powerful’
‘A wonderful first novel…Chimamanda’s prose is strikingly rich and evocative in this touching and accomplished debut’
‘An intoxicating story that is at once distinctly feminine, African and universal’
For
Professor James Nwoye Adichie
and
Mrs. Grace Ifeoma Adichie,
my parents, my heroes,
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