Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Adichie
Written by Kwani · March 23, 2008
Author: Chimamanda Adichie
Series: Kwani
Chimamanda Adichie was 25 years old when she wrote her debut novel, which isn’t in itself a reason to read it. But it does add to the wonder evoked by such a gripping narration of the many forms oppression can take. Purple Hibiscus follows a young woman’s liberation from her tyrannical father; it is a drama within a drama, placed in the Nigerian context of western colonial influence and a powerful Christianity bent on stamping out the last traces of native religion.
[...] to Mother by Sindiwe Magona, Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee, The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway, Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and I think that’s it. Notice that all but one of these books [...]
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