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In The Thing Around Your Neck (published in 2009); Adichie turns her penetrating eye on not only Nigeria but also America, in twelve dazzling stories that explore the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Africa and the United States.
23 de jun. de 2008 · The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a stellar collection of short stories describing the liminal spaces between two cultures, Nigeria and the West. We see each of the characters in vivid vignettes of their lives, slowly drifting or thrust into these spaces.
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The Thing Around Your Neck is a short-story collection by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, first published in April 2009 by Fourth Estate in the UK and by Knopf in the US. It received many positive reviews, including: "She makes storytelling seem as easy as birdsong" (Daily Telegraph); "Stunning.
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- 2009
From the Orange Prize-winning author of ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ come twelve dazzling stories that turn a penetrating eye on the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Nigeria and the West.
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In "The Thing Around Your Neck, Akunna wins the "American visa lottery" and travels to live with her uncle in America. When her uncle tries to abuse her sexually, Akunna takes a bus to a small town in Connecticut and gets a job in a restaurant.
No seu pescoço / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ; tradução Julia Romeu. — 1 a ed. — São Paulo : Companhia das Letras, 2017. Título original: The Thing Around Your Neck.
The Thing Around Your Neck revolves around questions of identity in an era of globalization. We live in a world of ethnic neighborhoods with hazy geographic borders, a world of immigration, diasporas, and hybridizations.
