by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · Fourth Estate · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007306213
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«The Thing Around Your Neck» is the collection of twelve stories by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, published by Fourth Estate in paperback (300 pages, in English).
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie brings together stories about love, faith, violence and displacement, centred on the ties between men and women, parents and children, Nigeria and the West. A medical student takes refuge with a Muslim woman during a riot; a woman discovers the secret of her brother's death; a young woman emigrates to the United States.
The collection was originally published in 2009.
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.
