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7 hours ago · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ( / ˌtʃɪməˈmɑːndə əŋˈɡoʊzi əˈdiːtʃi.eɪ / ⓘ [note 1]; born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer, novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright in postcolonial feminist literature. Her debut novel, Purple Hibiscus (2003), was centered on the Nigerian Civil War and has been translated into many languages.
- Purple Hibiscus
Nominated for the YALSA (Young Adult Library Services...
- Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun is a novel by Nigerian author...
- Americanah
Americanah is a 2013 novel by the Nigerian author Chimamanda...
- Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart is the debut novel of Nigerian author...
- Akwaeke Emezi
Akwaeke Emezi is a Nigerian fiction writer and video artist,...
- Purple Hibiscus
1 day ago · In 1993, the "Booker of Bookers" prize was awarded to Salman Rushdie for Midnight's Children (the 1981 winner) as the best novel to win the award in its first 25 years. Midnight's Children also won a public vote in 2008, on the prize's fortieth anniversary, for "The Best of the Booker". In 2018 a special "Golden Booker" was awarded celebrating ...
1 day ago · Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Johann Wolfgang (von) Goethe [a] (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath and writer, who is widely regarded as the greatest and most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a profound and wide-ranging influence on Western literary, political, and philosophical thought from the ...
7 hours ago · Great Expectations at Wikisource. Great Expectations is the thirteenth novel by Charles Dickens and his penultimate completed novel. It depicts the education of an orphan nicknamed Pip (the book is a Bildungsroman, a coming-of-age story). It is Dickens' second novel, after David Copperfield, to be fully narrated in the first person.
- Charles Dickens
- 544 (first edition 1861)
- 1860
- Novel, Bildungsroman
1 day ago · 2012: Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, an original musical with book by Stephen King and music and lyrics by John Mellencamp. After a week of previews, it ran at Atlanta's Alliance Theatre from April 11 to May 13, 2012. A concept album was released the following year. 2013: Dolores Claiborne is an American opera composed by Tobias Picker.
7 hours ago · Marvel Comics is a publisher of American comic books and related media. It counts among its characters such well-known superheroes as Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man, Daredevil, and Deadpool, and such teams as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, and the Guardians of the Galaxy.
7 hours ago · Major 2nd – 6.5 million [47] ^ a b Including Four Knights of the Apocalypse. ^ Includes Super Radical Gag Family and its sequel series; Ganso! Super Radical Gag Family, Maido! Super Radical Gag Family and Appare! Super Radical Gag Family; and its spin-off manga series Gaiden! Super Radical Gag Family Tatakae!