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Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2004, Trade Paperback)

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Fifteen-year-old Kambili's world is circumscribed by the high walls and frangipani trees of her family compound. Her wealthy Catholic father, under whose shadow Kambili lives, while generous and politically active in the community, is repressive and fanatically religious at home. When Nigeria begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili's father sends her and her brother away to stay with their aunt, a University professor, whose house is noisy and full of laughter. There, Kambili and her brother discover a life and love beyond the confines of their father's authority. The visit will lift the silence from their world and, in time, give rise to devotion and defiance that reveal themselves in profound and unexpected ways. This is a book about the promise of freedom; about the blurred lines between childhood and adulthood; between love and hatred, between the old gods and the new.

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400076943
ISBN-13
9781400076949
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30785243

Product Key Features

Book Title
Purple Hibiscus
Author
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Literary
Publication Year
2004
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
320 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
8 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Pr9387.9.A34354p87
Reviews
"One of the best novels to come out of Africa in years."--The Baltimore Sun "A breathtaking debut. . .[Adichie] is very much the 21st-century daughter of that other great Igbo novelist, Chinua Achebe."The Washington Post Book World "The author's straightforward prose captures the tragic riddle of a man who has made an unquestionably positive contribution to the lives of strangers while abandoning the needs of those who are closest to him."The New York Times Book Review "At once the portrait of a country and a family, of terrible choices and the tremulous pleasure of an odd, rare purple hibiscus blooming amid a conforming sea of red ones"--San Francisco Chronicle "Prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes. . . . Adichie's understanding of a young girl's heart is so acute that her story ultimately rises above its setting and makes her little part of Nigeria seem as close and vivid as Eudora Welty's Mississippi."The Boston Globe "Adichie renders this coming-of-age story beautifully. Every character has dimension; every description resonates like cello music. . . . [Her] strong, lyrical voice earns her a place on the shelf squarely next to Gabriel Garc'a Mâ€¡rquez and Alex Haley and Chinua Achebe." --San Diego Union-Tribune "A fiction writer's job is to create a world so detailed, evocative and emotionally true that, like Alice, you fall into it. Adichie does exactly that, placing among the frangipani trees and bougainvillea of her native country a family demoralized and degraded by a father's cruelty. Amazing." --The Minneapolis Star Tribune "[A] splendid debut." -Vanity Fair "Stunning. . . .WithPurple Hibiscus, Adichie has established herself as a writer of enormous promise and with important stories to tell." --Bust "Remarkable. Kambili's voice is sensitive and unassuming. It is also, by turns, funny, full of young and passionate longing, and crushingly sad. In addition to its lovely, spare writing and complex characters, [Purple Hibiscus] has a swift, seamless story line and makes politically tumultuous and intricately textured Nigeria completely accessible. [Adichie is] a budding star on the rise." --The Hartford Courant "A sensitive and touching story of a child exposed too early to religious intolerance and the uglier side of the Nigerian state." --J. M. Coetzee "Adichie writes with subtlety and cleanliness. Her hushed tone and economy of words invoke a wise calm, and the inclusion of animals, flowers and trees as characters suggests a connectedness with the Earth and its forces that gives the narrative a romance and African sensibility. Elegant turns of phrase thrive throughout the work, along with a thousand themes." --Black Issues Book Review "A remarkably original debut, at once seductive, tender, and true. . . .Purple Hibiscusis the best debut I've read since Arundhati Roy'sThe God of Small Things." --Jason Cowley,TheTimes(London) journalist and literary editor ofNew Statesman "[A] wonderful debut. . . . Adichie skillfully blends the traditional story-as-parable approach with the more . . . introspective Western approach to novel writing. . . .Purple Hibiscusis more than entertainment. It is political satire and a call for change for a nation smothering under a lack of free speech." --San Antonio Express-News "A novel of tragic beauty and exquisite tension. . . . A monumental literary achievem
Copyright Date
2004
Lccn
2004-051629
Dewey Decimal
823/.92
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23

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3 out of 5 stars
by createsomething...Jun 23, 2012
Not a bad read but definitely not the author's best work. Worth a try.
I bought this book after reading Adichie's other book (Half of a Yellow Sun) so I was really expecting a lot from the book. Though in and of itself the book is not a bad read, I think that having read her other book first set the bar really high. This book is about one family and the ties that bind them. I got bored with the story about half way through and I felt that the author burrowed a couple of rabbit holes that she didn't quite finish exploring by the end of the book, so that was kind of disappointing. Compared to Half of a A Yellow Sun, even though national war is horrific and virtually inescapable, I thought this book and this story wasn't as riveting, interesting and gripping as that one. If you haven't read either then read this one first so that you won't experience the let down I did by reading the other one first.Read full review
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by vd66kxthRA6@Del...Dec 04, 2008
A Must Read!
I purchased this book after reading "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Adichie. I couldn't put down "Half of a Yellow Sun" and the same was true for "Purple Hibiscus." Both books are page turners and a great way for first and second generation Nigerians (particularly Igbos) living outside of Nigeria to learn what life was like for our parents as well as our cousins and relatives still in Nigeria. "Half of a Yellow Sun" is also great for anyone who wants to learn a bit about the Biafra War. My parents don't talk about that time at all, so this was a great way to get a sense of what it was like without forcing your parents to relive those painful memories. Adichie is a skilled and gifted writer. I only wish she had more books for me read!
5 out of 5 stars
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by SDbDu-N1Sf2@Del...Feb 11, 2008
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2004)
This is an outstanding first novel. As someone who grew up in Africa, I could relate to her vivid descriptions. Her treatment of family dynamics from the perspective of a young girl were outstanding. Great Book Group Book.
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by mymacollectionDec 08, 2011
it's worth the money loved it
i love this writer I just got her other book called "Things around your neck" so far am amaze with her story

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