![]() ![]() Centring on the promise of freedom and the pain and exhilaration of adolescence, Purple Hibiscus is the extraordinary debut of a remarkable new talent.Author Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieISBN 0007189885, 9780007189885Format PaperbackPages 307p. In this house, full of energy and laughter, she discovers life and love - and a terrible, bruising secret deep within her family. When Nigeria begins to fall apart during a military coup, Kambili's father, involved mysteriously in the political crisis, sends Kambili and her brother away to live with their aunt. Her life is regulated by schedules: prayer, sleep, study, and more prayer. ![]() The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her repressive and fanatically religious father. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, has, in the words of one admirer, a face to die. Longlisted for the 2004 Man Booker Prize Shortlisted for the 2004 Orange Prize A haunting tale of an Africa and an adolescence undergoing tremendous changes by a talented young Nigerian writer. Patriarchy and Parenting in Post-Colonial Nigeria A Review of Purple Hibiscus. ![]()
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