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Автор Чимаманда Нгози Адичи

Purple Hibiscus

a novel by

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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First published in Great Britain by 4th Estate 2004

This ebook published by 4th Estate in 2016

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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Source ISBN: 9780007189885

Ebook Edition © OCTOBER 2012 ISBN: 9780007383696

Version: 2017-03-10

From the reviews of Purple Hibiscus:

‘One of the finest debut novels of recent years, a complex and compelling account of a 15-year-old girl’s sexual awakening and religious oppression…It is a novel as revealing as Arundhati Roy’s The God of Small Things, and as punchy and characterful as Monica Ali’s Brick Lane’

Evening Standard

‘Perceptive characterisation and an evocative portrayal of a fast-changing country mark this Orange-shortlisted novel out from the crowd’

Guardian

‘Assured and evocative, it touches on domestic violence and religious fundamentalism with subtlety and sensitivity. Surely a tale for our times’

Daily Mail

‘With writing marked by infinite wisdom and heart-breaking generosity, Adichie draws the African struggle for a modern identity into the heart of family life…Balanced yet passionate, hers is an inspirational new voice and Purple Hibiscus a book to read at all costs’

Glasgow Herald

‘This is a novel that brings you into the heart of private passions. But it is also a novel that strays into political waters and does so with some subtlety’