The Thing Around the Neck (work by Adichie)
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About This Novel
The homeland that you cannot return to and the foreign country that you cannot integrate into, together become a shackle around your neck... Relatives and friends say that when you come here, you will soon have a big car and a big house, not to mention bags, perfume, shoes and clothes. But in reality, the new life is about working in a restaurant without social security; it is about constantly hearing from your classmates in community college whether you have lived in a real house in your hometown in Africa; it is about escaping from the so-called American uncle's house who wants to do evil things to you; it is about giving up studying in order to pay the rent for that small room with stains on the carpet. Then you remember that he said that the United States is a place of "gains and losses." Later, you meet a boy with eyes the color of high-grade refined olive oil. He likes Africa, but he doesn't have the condescension of other white people. He still likes you. You like him too. You want to like him. But you can't do it. Twelve stories tell the historical pain and social current situation of the homeland, as well as the psychological journey of immigrants' separation and migration.
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