Friday 20 December 2013

'Americanah' named best book of 2013

The BBC has named Chimamanda Adichie's 'Americanah' the best book of 2013.Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Image: Associated Press
According to their website, she has been awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (forPurple Hibiscus), the Orange Broadband award (for Half of a Yellow Sun), and a MacArthur 'genius' grant.
The Good Nurse by Charles Graeber and The Book of My Lives by Aleksandar Hemon came in second and third respectively.

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