by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · Fourth Estate · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007189885
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«Purple Hibiscus» is the novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, published by Fourth Estate in paperback, in English.
Kambili, a Nigerian teenager, lives under her father's religious fanaticism. After a military coup, she and her brother Jaja move in with their aunt, where they discover a free, noisy, affectionate home. On their return, family tension erupts and a secret surfaces. A novel about faith, oppression, adolescence and freedom.
Debut novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. In 2004 it was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and a finalist for the Orange Prize for Fiction.
For readers of literary and contemporary fiction, interested in African narrative, coming-of-age stories and book clubs.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer, whose works include fiction, nonfiction, and lectures. She is widely recognised as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature.
