La flor púrpura / Purple Hibiscus: A Novel (Spanish Edition)

from lit_chick

"Fear. I was familiar with fear, yet each time I felt it, it was never the same as the other times, as though it came in different flavors and colors." (196) Kambili Achike, the fifteen-year-old protagonist of Purple Hibiscus, and her older brother, Jaja, lead a privileged life in Enugu, Nigeria....

from kellyn

Chimamnda Ngozi Adichie, a native of Nigeria, describes lives of privilege and wealth seldom considered by western readers. Even more unusual, to this western reader, was the devotion to Catholicism exhibited by the father of the main character, Kambili. Fifteen-year old Kambili narrates the grad...

from laytonwoman3rd

Lovely prose, heart-breaking story, lots to think about. It took me a while to get involved in the story; initially the 15-year-old narrator's matter-of-fact acceptance of paternal oppression and cruelty made it difficult for me to engage with her and her family. I persevered because of the posit...

from cabegley

Fifteen-year-old Kambili and her older brother Jaja live in a privileged world within Nigeria, where their wealthy father Eugene can provide them with many comforts and luxuries. In stark contrast, Eugene's sister Ifeoma struggles as a university professor to put food on the table for her childre...

from brenzi

After reading Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Orange Prize winning novel Half a Yellow Sun last summer, I knew I had to read more of her books so for Orange January I chose her 2003 debut novel, [Purple Hibiscus], which was short listed for the 2003 Orange Prize. I was not disappointed. Kambili Achike...