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gonzalo: La letra es algo pequeña pero se lee bien, perfecto tamaño. Y el libro en si es una delicia.

Spain on Nov 17, 2023

Somniatus Industries: I am such a fan of Adichie's writing, partly because it is very interesting but more than that because I feel that there is a kind of realness to her characters and their feelings and experiences that makes it hard to hide from the starkness of human experience. It feels more like real life, each character is complicated and has so much depth to them. Because of this I wanted the story to keep going, I had lots of hopes and fears still left for the characters, and I had come to care for them.

United States on Nov 15, 2023

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United States on Nov 14, 2023

S. P. Kindlen: A reminder that we often we forget the daily struggle people have in developing countries, even for those that are not poor.

United Kingdom on Oct 29, 2023

Zaigham: I boughg this book for my son, its good and condition was fine because i ordered the used one, arrived soon.thank u

United Kingdom on Sep 20, 2023

Gigi: I enjoyed this read for the most part. It was slow in some parts while others frustrated me. Kambili's mother allowed the abuse to go on so long without doing anything. I could NOT stand their wicked brainwashed father. Besides, that the ending was decent for me and I understand the sacrifice of one of the children for a beloved parent. Not my favorite but it was still a decent book. 👌🏾

United States on May 17, 2023

KGBeast: Kambilis und Jajas Vater ist in vielerlei Hinsicht ein wichtiger und guter Mann. Er kämpft für die Freiheit, für Gerechtigkeit und er unterstützt mit seinem Vermögen sehr viele Menschen - und natürlich die Kirche. Eine seiner Triebfedern dahinter ist die Religion - bzw. seine spezifische Auslegungt. derselben -, die ihn so sehr von seinem Vater entfremdet und ihn im eigenen Haushalt zu einem beängstigenden Fanatiker macht.

Das Gegengewicht dazu bildet seine Schwester, die an der Universität unterrichtet und versucht, ihre Kinder zu kritisch denkenden Menschen zu erziehen - ein Charakter, der sehr deutlich an der Mutter der Autorin angelehnt ist. Sie 'befreit' Kambili und ihren älteren Bruder Jaja aus der klostermäßigen Isolation, in der ihr Vater sie hält, bringt ihnen nigerianische Sitten und Gebräuche näher und ihre Kinder zeigen den beiden 'Heldenkindern' wie normale Menschen leben.

Der Pater dient wohl als Gegenentwurf zu der inquisitionsmäßigen Religiösität des Vaters, indem er eine lebens- und individualitätsbejahende Form des religiösen Lebens vorstellt, das ihn aufgrund seiner Jugend zur idealen ersten großen Liebe Kambilis macht - die...

Germany on Jul 25, 2022

Dan'l Danehy-Oakes: One of the things I love about my office book club (currently 100% virtual but going strong...) is that it often takes me out of my comfort zone. This book is a prime example.

Kambili Achike is the daughter of Eugene Icheke, a successful (read: very wealthy) Igbo businessman in Nigeria, and owner of the _Standard_, an opposition newspaper for which he has won the Amnesty World award. He is very, extremely, Roman Catholic.

He is also an abusive father and husband. When his wife or child do something he regards as "sinful", he _has_ to punish them, to remind them of the Hell that awaits sinners. So he beats, he slaps, in one particularly horrific incident he pours boiling water on his childrens' feet. He always feels bad about it afterwards - seems to really - but that doesn't make it any better. Maybe worse.

But enough about him. The book is about Kambili, our narrator, and her brother Jaja (a nickname; his real name is Chukwuka). As the story begins, Kambili and her parents come home from Palm Sunday Mass, and Eugene has an anger-fit at Jaja, who had chosen not to go. He throws a heavy book at Jaja, who wisely ducks; the Missal strikes an étagére where their...

United States on Sep 09, 2020

SassyPants: Oh my gosh, I am simply gobsmacked by this amazing debut novel! Many of us may be familiar with Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie from her TED talk about feminism (Why Everyone Should be a Feminist) as well as her success as a novelist. I am kicking myself for waiting so long to read her work. As you read this (and please read this) keep reminding yourself that this is a debut novel. A DEBUT NOVEL. Ms. Adichie is winning awards for a reason.

Purple Hibiscus is so many things. It is a story about family and the lengths we will go to protect our family. It is a story about Nigeria, political unrest, and freedom. It is also a story about love, faith, and religious fanaticism. But mostly it is a coming of age story. Kambili, our 16 year old heroine, lives with her older brother Jaja and her parents. Her father is a great and wealthy man in their village. He owns several factories and a newspaper that promotes a democratic government. He is also very powerful within the local Catholic Church and openly opposes more traditional "pagan" religions. He even shuns his own father. Though he is admired and revered in the community, he is a tyrant at home. Due to some threats against his...

United States on Jan 20, 2017

ADITI SAHA: “From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.”

----Salman Rushdie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, an award winning Nigerian author, has penned an immensely absorbing family drama in her literary fiction novel, Purple Hibiscus where the author weaves the tale of a young Nigerian girl who belongs from a very rich and affluent family where the father of the family is a religious fanatic and used to torture his wife, his daughter and his son in the name of Christ if they commit a slight mistake, but when the young girl goes to live with her aunt during the military coup invasion, she learns ugly secrets about her not so perfectly religious family.

Synopsis:

Fifteen-year-old Kambili’s world is circumscribed by the high walls and frangipani trees of her family compound. Her wealthy Catholic father, under whose shadow Kambili lives, while generous and politically active in the community, is repressive and fanatically religious at home.

When Nigeria begins to fall apart under a military coup, Kambili’s father sends her and her brother away to stay with their aunt, a University professor, whose house is noisy and full of laughter....

India on Aug 21, 2016