{"product_id":"9780007306213","title":"The Thing Around Your Neck","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 September 2009 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003ch4\u003ePaperback | 300 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 130 x 16mm | 166g\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e**DREAM COUNT, the searing, exquisite new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is out now!**\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  From the Women's 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Makes storytelling seem as easy as birdsong’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e TELEGRAPH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Writing of clarity and brilliance'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  In 'A Private Experience', a medical student hides from a violent riot with a poor Muslim woman whose dignity and faith force her to confront the realities and fears she's been pushing away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In 'Tomorrow Is Too Far', a woman unlocks the devastating secret that surrounds her brother's death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The young mother at the centre of 'Imitation' finds her comfortable life threatened when she learns that her husband back in Lagos has moved his mistress into their home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And the title story depicts the choking loneliness of a Nigerian girl who moves to an America that turns out to be nothing like the country she expected; though falling in love brings her desires nearly within reach, a death in her homeland forces her to re-examine them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow and longing, this collection is a resounding confirmation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's prodigious storytelling powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ‘An elegant collection. From beginning to end the prose is serene and the characterization deft’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e TLS\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57548330991941,"sku":"9780007306213","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0994\/3721\/6069\/files\/9780007306213.jpg?v=1774885084","url":"https:\/\/stripyduckbookshopcafe.co.uk\/products\/9780007306213","provider":"The Stripy Duck Bookshop Café","version":"1.0","type":"link"}