Literary Fiction
The Thing Around Your Neck
2008·218 pages
A collection of twelve stories exploring Nigerian and American cultural collisions, delving into longing, loss, and human struggles.
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A collection of twelve stories exploring Nigerian and American cultural collisions, delving into longing, loss, and human struggles.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie burst onto the literary scene with her remarkable debut novel, Purple Hibiscus, which critics hailed as "one of the best novels to come out of Africa in years" (Baltimore Sun), with "prose as lush as the Nigerian landscape that it powerfully evokes" (The Boston Globe); The Washington Post called her "the twenty-first-century daughter of Chinua Achebe." Her award-winning Half of a Yellow Sun became an instant classic upon its publication three years later, once again putt...
What's Inside
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Romance & sex
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Brief mentions of sexual relationships; no explicit scenes depicted. To sexual harassment; non-graphic mentions.
Violence & gore
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Recurring violence including riots and death; non-graphic but emotionally intense.
Profanity
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No evidence found in available sources.
Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Minor themes of sexuality and identity in one story; not central.
Religious content
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Recurring references to faith and religious identity, especially in conflict contexts.
Magic & witchcraft
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No evidence found in available sources.
Occult / demonology
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Political content
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Strong themes of cultural clash, immigration, and societal critique of Nigeria and the US.
Self-harm / suicide
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Themes of depression and loneliness; no explicit self-harm or suicide depicted.
Abuse & suffering
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Themes of domestic tension, misogyny, and systemic suffering in relationships. To sexual harassment; non-graphic mentions.
Other
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