Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
By Chimamanda Ngozi AdichiePurple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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.
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 life is lived.
Book details
- Paperback
- 336 pages
- English
- 0007189885
- 9789785555738
About Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
chimamanda ngozi adichie grew up in nigeria. her work has been translated into thirty languages and has appeared in various publications, including th Read More about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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