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The Visit

By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Narrated by: Nyambi Nyambi
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Summary

As a powerful matriarchy reshapes the world, two men - old friends - confront the past and future in a bracing speculative short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Americanah.

One night in Lagos, two former friends reunite. Obinna is a dutiful and unsophisticated stay-at-home husband and father married to a powerful businesswoman. Eze is single, a cautious rebel from his university days whose arrival soon upsets the balance in Obinna’s life. In a world where men are constantly under surveillance and subject to the whims of powerful women, more than Obinna’s ordered and accustomed routine might be on the line.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Visit is part of Black Stars, a multi-dimensional collection of speculative fiction from Black authors. Each story is a world much like our own. Read or listen to them in a single sitting.

©2021 by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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love chimananda adichie! spoiler warning!!

very good light feminist literature. would reccomend but wanted it to be longer. 👍

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Wow!

...and then again Chimamanda performs her magic. Gender roles and expectations turned on it's head so beautifully.

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Amazing

A sort but compelling story about the power of gender norms on society. I enjoy this a lot and will defentley have to look in to this author further. The narrator was also spot on.

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Fantastic

Once again, Chimamanda gets straight to the point! What is supposed to be a story about a friend’s visit actually bring us to the women's reality in men's character.
Brilliant!

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highly recommended

thoughtful, powerful, moving. perfect short read, great performance. . . . . . .

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So powerful!

Chimamanda never misses!! Love this perspective of gender roles reversal. Lots of food for thought throughout.

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overall narration was great but the accent (Nigerian imitation) was terrible. Please use a native next time.

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Thought provoking short story

Compelling and absorbing short story. I hope it helps people more clearly see and rethink the effects of gender norms.

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So clever

I really enjoyed this, the dialogue is genius, thought provoking and sharply witty..I could have listened for longer narration excellent!

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different/strange one

This book is about gender roles being reversed. A successful businesswoman and her husband who’s a stay at home husband.

To be honest, I feel like this book was a whirlwind. I didn’t really listen/pay attention to it as I listened to it as an audiobook.

I didn’t think this book really enticed me, being a short book, I think it lacked with detail.

Overall, I wouldn’t read this book again. It was quite disappointing and the plot could have had so much potential.

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