Description
In this poignant meditation on loss, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie transforms her personal grief into a universal exploration of mourning, written in the aftermath of her father's unexpected death during the COVID-19 pandemic. With her signature precision and unflinching honesty, Adichie weaves together her own experience of bereavement with intimate details of her father's remarkable life—from his survival of the Biafran war to his career as a statistics professor and his final days connecting with family across continents via video call. The essay examines grief in all its dimensions: the loneliness and anger it brings, the cultural and familial complexities that shape how we mourn, and the strange comfort found in shared human suffering. Delivered in the compact, gem-like format that has become Adichie's trademark, this work speaks to the millions grieving in our fractured world while offering something timeless and essential about what it means to lose someone we love. A luminous, devastating, and ultimately hopeful book that connects us to one another through one of life's most universal experiences.
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hardcover
Knopf
Published May 11, 2021
80 pages
ISBN: 9780593320808
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Details
First Published
2021
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.