Americanah

THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF AND ALFRED A. KNOPF CANADA Copyright © 2013 by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Alfred A. Knopf Canada, a division of Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. www.aaknopf.com www.randomhouse.ca Knopf, Borzoi Books, and the colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. Knopf Canada and colophon are trademarks. A portion of this work previously published in The New Yorker (March 18, 2013). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, [date] Americanah : a novel / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. —First edition. pages cm 1. Immigrants—Fiction. 2. Refugees—Fiction. 3. Nigerians—United States—Fiction. 4. Nigerians—England—Fiction. 5. Nigeria—Fiction I. Title. PR9387.9.A34354A 44 2013 823′.92—dc23 2012043875 Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, [date] Americanah / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Issued also in electronic format. eISBN: 978-0-345-80746-5 I.......