As I have yet to read Americanah, this is my favourite Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel and I was very excited to see the film. I was not disappointed. Ignore other reviewers who are moaning about this film as, apart from some dull gratuitous Newton nipple shots, the film is wonderful.
I was pleased to see that the film didn’t just concentrate on the despair and woe of the Biafran war but actually showed a raw human side, a middle-class educated side that is rarely seen in films about West Africa (or indeed any African nation).
May 14, 2014
Half of a Yellow Sun
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December 16, 2012
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park is one of Jane Austen’s least likeable books amongst die hard Austen fans. I only decided to re-read Mansfield Park as it was the first Jane Austen book I saw on my bookshelf. I have a guilty confession that I am suffering from period drama withdrawal symptoms ever since series three of Downton Abbey ended (over all it was pretty awful I hope there won’t be a series four).
The main character, Fanny Price, at once invokes sympathy and hatred and frustration. What a reaction towards a fictional character, such is Jane Austen’s skill!
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April 4, 2011