The Thing Around Your Neck

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The Thing Around Your Neck is a 2009 short story collection by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. The twelve stories were initially published in magazines before being collected and published by Alfred A. Knopf in the United States, Fourth Estate in the United Kingdom, and in Nigeria by both Kachifo Limited and Narrative Landscape Press. Adichie's first short story collection and third book after Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun, it explores the themes of immigration, losses and gains, as well as Nigerian and American experiences. Adichie was completing her MacArthur fellowship and Hodder fellowship from Princeton University when she started collecting the short stories. The book received positive reviews. The Thing Around Your Neck was nominated for several awards, among them, runner up of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize in 2010.

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Livro

Lançamento

1 de janeiro de 2009

Criado por

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Países

Nigeria