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Purple hibiscus / a novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
LIBRA - Special PR9387.9.A34354 P87 2003
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Van Pelt Library PR9387.9.A34354 P87 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenage girls--Fiction.
- Teenage girls.
- Children of the rich--Fiction.
- Children of the rich.
- Coups d'état.
- Siblings--Fiction.
- Siblings.
- Brothers and sisters.
- Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
- Fathers and daughters.
- Religious fanaticism--Fiction.
- Religious fanaticism.
- Coups d'état--Fiction.
- Nigeria--Fiction.
- Nigeria.
- Aunts--Fiction.
- Aunts.
- Domestic fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Domestic fiction.
- Belletristische Darstellung.
- Romance fiction.
- Bildungsromans.
- Love stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 307 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2003.
- Summary:
- DESCRIPTION In the city of Egunu, Nigeria, fifteen year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja lead a somewhat cloistered life. Their father is a wealthy businessman, they live in a beautiful home, and attend private school. But, through Kambili's eyes, we see that their home life is anything but harmonious. Her father, a fanatically religious man has impossible expectations of his children and his wife, and if things don't go his way he becomes physically abusive. Not until Kambili and Jaja are sent away from home for the very first time to visit their loving aunt, does Kambili's world begin to blossom. But when a military coup threatens to destroy the country, the tension in her family's home escalates, and Kambili must find the strength to keep her loved ones together.
- Notes:
- Hurston/Wright Legacy Award - Debut Fiction, Winner, 2004
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- Purple hibiscus.
- ISBN:
- 1565123875
- 9781565123878
- 0007176112
- 9780007176113
- 0007182678
- 9780007182671
- 9781616202415
- 1616202416
- 1400076943
- 9781400076949
- OCLC:
- 52269560
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