Purple Hibiscus

Blogging about books again.

Hooray! I found another lovely book by a Nigerian author, a first on my list.

Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian author. Purple Hibiscus is her first novel which was published  in October 2003. I am still in the middle of reading it but it is just so engrossing.  This is the first time I encountered a Nigerian author.  I’ve read some famous Asian authors before the likes of Chinese-American Amy Tan, Afghan born Khaled Hosseini, our very own Miguel Syjuco, Afghan-American Nadia Hashimi, Japanese writer Haruki Murakami,  African-American writer  Zora Neale Hurston to name a few. There are less known Asian authors that I encountered before, this one though is new on my list 

Purple Hibiscus is set in postcolonial Nigeria, a country beset by economic difficulties and political unrest.  Learning about their culture, how the rich differ in a wide-angle from an average family, the concept of freedom,  coming of age, a rigidly Catholic upbringing – all the ingredients of a good novel.

Oh my gosh, the more I read, the more I am finding wonderful authors  such as Adichie. I hope I could find more of her works one of these days.  I am setting aside some of my TBR list just to read this first.

 

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