The year’s best books, fiction and non-fiction , have been selected by the editors of The New York Times Book Review. And Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah made the cut.
“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 New York Times.
Read the rest HERE.
Also, the UK Guardian named Americanah as one of the Best Fiction of 2013.
And for Christmas, what might Chimamanda want?
“I’d love to be given, as a present, a signed copy of Politics: Observations and Arguments, 1966-2004 (Penguin) by Hendrik Hertzberg, whose work I admire very much.” ~ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Does that seem like something Santa would have in his bag of goodies?
MY MIND SNAPS 