chimamanda_ngozi_adichie silentbob writer Nigeria African Literature feminism flawless enugu igbo daughter of statistics student of medicine registrar mother editor of the compass 1977 Masters of Creative Writing Hodder Fellow at Princeton Decisions For Love of Biafra you_in_america purple hibiscus orange prize for fiction the thing around your neck 20_under_40 ceiling best american short stories we should all be feminists 140120 ... silentbob chimamanda_ngozi_adichie is alone 140120 ... epitome of incomprehensibility Purple Hibiscus was one of my favourite books four years ago. I was more into first-person realism then. Now I'm more into first-person surrealism. But it's a pretty awesome book. 140120 what's it to you? who go blather from