Dream Count
A Novel
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- 9,99 €
Publisher Description
• NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED A NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST
A searing, exquisite new novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists—the story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires
Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, has been successful at everything until—betrayed and brokenhearted—she must turn to the person she thought she needed least. Chiamaka’s bold, outspoken cousin Omelogor is a financial powerhouse in Nigeria who begins to question how well she knows herself. And Kadiatou, Chiamaka’s housekeeper, is proudly raising her daughter in America—but faces an unthinkable hardship that threatens all she has worked to achieve.
Dream Count is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s searing, unforgettable story of these four women—a sparkling, transcendent novel that takes up the very nature of love itself.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Dream Count follows the intersecting lives of four West African women to uncover basic human truths both hard and hopeful. All the women’s stories are tied to Chiamaka, a Nigerian travel writer stranded in Maryland during the pandemic who’s lonely and haunted by her past romantic wreckage. Her cousin Omelogor is a depressive business hotshot in Nigeria, dogged by sadness despite her accomplishments. Chia’s BFF, Zikora, is a lawyer and single mom who can handle anything but heartbreak. Kadiatou is Chia’s housekeeper, who has had to endure hard times without the advantages Chia’s privilege has afforded. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie dives deep into their inner lives, touching on classism, gender politics, cultural identity, and immigration dynamics along the way. But at the bottom of it all is the love they all long for, whether it’s from family, friends, or romantic partners. Adichie’s prose is utterly organic—the conversations feel completely real, and amid all the big emotions she never overlooks the little things that make the stories universal and relatable. By turns tragic and triumphant, Dream Count is about women doing whatever it takes to find their place in the world.
