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Americanah SIGNED
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Clarence, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2014. First Edition, 16th Printing. This is a first edition, 16th printing. Signed and inscribed by the author on title page. This book measures approximately 9.5" x 6.5", with 477 numbered pages.
This book is in near fine condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Two small stains one on front and the other on the rear board. Dust jacket is in very good plus condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Original $27.95 price on front flap.
"Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells the story of a young Nigerian woman who immigrates to the US to attend university.
Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.
Inventory# (N2-22).
This book is in near fine condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Two small stains one on front and the other on the rear board. Dust jacket is in very good plus condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Original $27.95 price on front flap.
"Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie tells the story of a young Nigerian woman who immigrates to the US to attend university.
Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books.
Inventory# (N2-22).
Synopsis
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into thirty languages and has appeared in various publications, including The New Yorker, Granta, The O. Henry Prize Stories, the Financial Times, and Zoetrope: All-Story. She is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus, which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the Orange Prize and was a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, a New York Times Notable Book, and a People and Black Issues Book Review Best Book of the Year; and, most recently, the story collection The Thing Around Your Neck. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.
Reviews
On Aug 13 2019, The Old Library Bookshop said:
My friends from Nigeria have regaled me with interesting tales of their lives growing up in that country. Those anecdotes and the fact that this was one of President Obama's favorite novels predisposed me to be a fan. I was, however, sadly disappointed. The early years of the two main characters, Ifemelu and Obinze, provided a well-rounded portrait of the life-styles of many people in Nigeria after the Biafran War. But once the young people began their diaspora, mainly to the U.S. and Britain, their stories turned into fairy tales. From cleaning toilets to being driven in BMW's, from trying to find her place in a U.S. university to hobnobbing with the literati and the glitterati, the characters became unsympathetic, amoral, and without appeal. The "grand romance" theme has always been a turn-off for me, drenched as it must be in cliches and unreality. So, the love affair that propels the two characters toward the grand finale turned this novel into a ho-hum in my estimation.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ernestoic Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3889
- Title
- Americanah SIGNED
- Author
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, 16th Printing
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2014
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Ernestoic Books
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Clarence, New York
About Ernestoic Books
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- First Edition
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- Title Page
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- Inscribed
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- Jacket
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