Quotes from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's books, and about them
Americanah on The Heart of the Matter: “He gestured to the book on the kitchen table, Graham Greene's The Heart of the Matter. "My mother reads this book twice a year.”
Americanah on The Fire Next Time: “he gave her a list of books. The Fire Next Time … She stood by the library shelf and skimmed the opening chapter, braced for boredom”
Americanah on Light in August: “Ifemelu raised her hand; Faulkner's Light in August, which she had just read, was on her mind.”
Americanah on Things Fall Apart: “Everybody recommended Things Fall Apart, which I read in high school. It's very good but sort of quaint, right?”
Americanah on A Bend in the River: “I've just read this great book, A Bend in the River. It made me truly understand how modern Africa works.”
Americanah on Brideshead: “Waugh is the best of them. Brideshead is the closest I've read to a perfect novel.”
Americanah on The End of the Affair: “Greene doesn't really do it for me, but the rst part of The End of the Aair is terric.”
Americanah on Dreams of My Father: “She read Dreams from My Father in a day and a half, sitting up on the couch, Nina Simone playing on Blaine's iPod speaker.”
Americanah on Cane: “Ifemelu opened her novel, Jean Toomer's Cane, and skimmed a few pages.”
Americanah on Dreams from My Father: “"...the morning she picked up Barack Obama's book, Dreams from My Father, which Blaine had just finished and left lying on the bookshelf..." "She read Dreams from My Father in a day and a half, sitting up on the couch."”