"Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until—betrayed and brokenhearted—she must turn to the person she thought she needed least. Omelogor, Chiamaka’s bold, outspoken cousin, is a financial powerhouse in Nigeria who begins to question how well she knows herself. And Kadiatou, Chiamaka’s housekeeper, is proudly raising her daughter in America—but faces an unthinkable hardship that threatens all she has worked to achieve.
In Dream Count, Adichie trains her fierce eye on these women in a sparkling, transcendent novel that takes up the very nature of love itself. Is true happiness ever attainable or is it just a fleeting state? And how honest must we be with ourselves in order to love, and to be loved? A trenchant reflection on the choices we make and those made for us, on daughters and mothers, on our interconnected world, Dream Count pulses with emotional urgency and poignant, unflinching observations of the human heart, in language that soars with beauty and power. It confirms Adichie’s status as one of the most exciting and dynamic writers on the literary landscape."-- Provided by Amazon
"Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until—betrayed and brokenhearted—she must turn to the person she thought she needed least. Omelogor, Chiamaka’s bold, outspoken cousin, is a financial powerhouse in Nigeria who begins to question how well she knows herself. And Kadiatou, Chiamaka’s housekeeper, is proudly raising her daughter in America—but faces an unthinkable hardship that threatens all she has worked to achieve.
In Dream Count, Adichie trains her fierce eye on these women in a sparkling, transcendent novel that takes up the very nature of love itself. Is true happiness ever attainable or is it just a fleeting state? And how honest must we be with ourselves in order to love, and to be loved? A trenchant reflection on the choices we make and those made for us, on daughters and mothers, on our interconnected world, Dream Count pulses with emotional urgency and poignant, unflinching observations of the human heart, in language that soars with beauty and power. It confirms Adichie’s status as one of the most exciting and dynamic writers on the literary landscape."-- Provided by Amazon
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Postcolonial literature and contemporary feminist prose are defined by vivid narratives of displacement, identity, and the lingering impacts of history. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gained global acclaim with her award-winning novel Half of a Yellow Sun, which examines the human cost of the Nigerian-Biafran War. Her works have been translated into thirty languages and published in major venues such as The New Yorker, Granta, The O. Henry Prize Stories, the Financial Times, and Zoetrope.
Born in Enugu, Nigeria, in 1977, Adichie grew up on the campus of the University of Nigeria in Nsukka, where her father was a professor of statistics and her mother served as the university's first female registrar. Her family lived in the house previously occupied by celebrated author Chinua Achebe, whose writing deeply influenced her early literary ambitions. After studying medicine and pharmacy at Nsukka for a year and a half, she moved to the United States at age nineteen to pursue higher education. She graduated summa cum laude from Eastern Connecticut State University with a degree in Communication and Political Science, later earning master's degrees from Johns Hopkins University and Yale University.
Adichie's early literary achievements began with her debut novel Purple Hibiscus, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Her second novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2007 and was named a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, a New York Times Notable Book, and a People and Black Issues Book Review Best Book of the Year. Her novel Americanah, published around the world in 2013, received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction while being named one of The New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year. Her expanded body of work includes the short story collection The Thing Around Your Neck, the essay We Should All Be Feminists, and the book Dream Count.
Adichie's narrative technique combines detailed character development with keen social commentary, frequently investigating postcolonialism, gender dynamics, and the complexities of the African diaspora. Her storytelling contrasts intimate domestic life with broader geopolitical and historical events, addressing themes of race, immigration, and cultural identity across continents.
Writing in clear prose, she explores how political turmoil and societal expectations shape personal relationships and individual agency. Her non-fiction essays and lectures further extend these themes, offering accessible critiques of systemic inequality and traditional gender roles.
4 books in catalog
Postcolonial literature and contemporary feminist prose are defined by vivid narratives of displacement, identity, and the lingering impacts of history. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie gained global acclaim with her award-winning novel Half of a Yellow Sun, which examines the human cost of the Nigerian-Biafran War. Her works have been translated into thirty languages and published in major venues such as The New Yorker, Granta, The O. Henry Prize Stories, the Financial Times, and Zoetrope.
Born in Enugu, Nigeria, in 1977, Adichie grew up on the campus of the University of Nigeria in Nsukka, where her father was a professor of statistics and her mother served as the university's first female registrar. Her family lived in the house previously occupied by celebrated author Chinua Achebe, whose writing deeply influenced her early literary ambitions. After studying medicine and pharmacy at Nsukka for a year and a half, she moved to the United States at age nineteen to pursue higher education. She graduated summa cum laude from Eastern Connecticut State University with a degree in Communication and Political Science, later earning master's degrees from Johns Hopkins University and Yale University.
Adichie's early literary achievements began with her debut novel Purple Hibiscus, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Her second novel, Half of a Yellow Sun, won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2007 and was named a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, a New York Times Notable Book, and a People and Black Issues Book Review Best Book of the Year. Her novel Americanah, published around the world in 2013, received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize for Fiction while being named one of The New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year. Her expanded body of work includes the short story collection The Thing Around Your Neck, the essay We Should All Be Feminists, and the book Dream Count.
Adichie's narrative technique combines detailed character development with keen social commentary, frequently investigating postcolonialism, gender dynamics, and the complexities of the African diaspora. Her storytelling contrasts intimate domestic life with broader geopolitical and historical events, addressing themes of race, immigration, and cultural identity across continents.
Writing in clear prose, she explores how political turmoil and societal expectations shape personal relationships and individual agency. Her non-fiction essays and lectures further extend these themes, offering accessible critiques of systemic inequality and traditional gender roles.
