Imitation |
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| Authors: | Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| BISAC/Subject: | FIC044000, FIC045000, FIC029000 |
| ISBN: | 9781101912294, Related ISBNs: 1101912294, 9781101912294 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 24, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” selection from the award-winning, bestselling author
Nkem is living a life of wealth and security in America, until she discovers that her husband is keeping a girlfriend back home in Nigeria. In this high-intensity story of passion and the masks we all wear, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of the acclaimed novels Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah and winner of the Orange Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, explores the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Africa and the United States.
“Imitation” is a selection from Adichie’s collection The Thing Around Your Neck.
An eBook short.
Nkem is living a life of wealth and security in America, until she discovers that her husband is keeping a girlfriend back home in Nigeria. In this high-intensity story of passion and the masks we all wear, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of the acclaimed novels Half of a Yellow Sun and Americanah and winner of the Orange Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award, explores the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Africa and the United States.
“Imitation” is a selection from Adichie’s collection The Thing Around Your Neck.
An eBook short.
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