Americanah

�_~A delicious, important novel�_T The Times �_~Alert, alive and gripping�_T Independent �_~A love story for our time�_T Vogue Ifemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military-ruled Nigeria. In America, Ifemelu suffers defeats and triumphs, finds and loses relationships, all the while feeling the weight of something she never thought of back home: race. Meanwhile, Obinze plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Fifteen years later, when they reunite in a newly democratic Nigeria, and reignite their passion �_" for each other and for their homeland �_" they face the hardest decision of their lives. Fearless, gripping, spanning three continents and numerous lives, the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning Americanah is a literary masterpiece, and one of the defining books of the decade. �_~A brilliant novel: epic in scope, personal in resonance and with lots to say�_T Observer �_~A tour de force �_� Hugely impressive�_T Mail on Sunday �_~An honest novel about race with guts and lustre �_� Compassionate, visceral and delicately funny�_T The Times