by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · Random House · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788439733928
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«El peligro de la historia única» is the essay by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, published by Random House in paperback (64 pages, in Spanish).
Drawing on her famous TED talk, Adichie warns of the risk of reducing a person, a country or a culture to a single story: stories can dispossess and slander, but also empower and humanize. The author defends the multiplicity of voices and nuances against stereotypes, and champions the richness of the infinite stories that shape us. The volume closes with an epilogue by philosopher Marina Garcés.
The essay is the author's first TED Talk and comes from her talk «The Danger of a Single Story». The edition includes an epilogue by Marina Garcés and a translation by Cruz Rodríguez Juiz.
Recommended for those seeking a brief and lucid text on identity, cultural diversity and the power of narrative, as well as for followers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's essayistic work.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian writer, whose works include fiction, nonfiction, and lectures. She is widely recognised as a central figure in postcolonial feminist literature.
