Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Purple Hibiscus
This extraordinary debut novel from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’, is about the blurred lines between the old gods and the new, childhood and adulthood, love and hatred – the grey spaces in which truths are revealed and real
ISBN: |
9780007189885 |
Author: |
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
Page: |
307 |
Binding: |
Soft cover |
Publication date: |
2017 |
Format: |
Book |
Publisher: |
FOURTH ESTATE |
Language: |
English |
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The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili’s world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her fanatically religious father. Her life is regulated by schedules: prayer, sleep, study, prayer.
When Nigeria is shaken by a military coup, Kambili’s father, involved mysteriously in the political crisis, sends her to live with her aunt. In this house, noisy and full of laughter, she discovers life and love – and a terrible, bruising secret deep within her family.
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