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    Audiobook6 hours

    The Thing Around Your Neck

    Written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Narrated by Adjoa Andoh

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    About this audiobook

    From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Orange Prize-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, come twelve dazzling stories in which she turns her penetrating eye on the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Nigeria and the West. Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow and longing, this collection is a resounding confirmation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's prodigious storytelling powers.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherW. F. Howes Ltd
    Release dateAug 1, 2009
    ISBN9781407447582
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    The Thing Around Your Neck
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    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the author of Purple Hibiscus, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize, Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction; and acclaimed story collection The Thing Around Your Neck. Americanah, was published around the world in 2013, received numerous awards and was named one of New York Times Ten Books of the Year. A recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.

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    • 5/5
      Brilliant as always! Absolutely in love with Ngozi 's writing and this collection of short stories is another gem.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      the audio version is so useful and practical that it has made my research work not only easier but quite viable since it gives the fair view of the society of Nigeria, it's people , their language, thoughts and the names , the way they areeonounced. please make audio versions of lorrie moore's fiction. thanks.

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    • 5/5
      An outstanding collection. A tapestry of stories moving between Africa and the US with each engaging us in an authentic and very human story. Highly recommend.
    • 5/5
      This book gave the reader insight into the unique lives of Nigerian natives. The sounds, sights, tastes and feelings were vividly expressed and drew the reader in from start to finish. This was a great read!
    • 5/5
      One of my favourite books of all time for sure.
    • 5/5
      A lovely and thought provoking read of beautifully penned stories.
    • 5/5
      Beautiful short stories! I loved how the author played with her characters and how they communicated. What a lovely book. Y
    • 5/5
      I’m short of words. Chimamanda’s writing is crisp and memorable.
    • 5/5
      These are wonderful stories. To hear stories from Africa is so fascinating. A continent so abused and devastated by Europeans but with abundant life and vitality and beauty and environmental ethics. I will read this writer again and again.
    • 5/5
      Narration was wonderful although native words were all mispronounced. I loved it.
    • 5/5
      Crisp. Refreshing. True. The stories had depth and weighed in on facts about being African.
    • 5/5
      I have known about Chimamanda for a while, now I KNOW Chimamanda’s skill and why she is so well respected.