A review by kim_j_dare
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

5.0

I can’t give Americanah enough stars. It belongs solidly in the “why did this sit so long on my bookshelf without my opening it” category. Beauty, starkness, love, heartbreak, humor, wisdom... it’s all there. At one point, Ifemelu and Obinze are discussing a favorite book of his mother’s, and Ifemelu says, “It’s real literature, the kind of human story people will read in two hundred years.” And that’s Americanah. The best kind of literary fiction, with characters who become friends I don’t want to say goodbye to.