Today I have reached an important milestone – I have read every book that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has written up to date. I have been putting this moment off for quite a while; many a time my fingers lingered above the cover of the last book, anxious to pick it up yet hesitant and yearning to relish the time one spends waiting. But earlier today I finished reading ‘Purple Hibiscus’, her first book. It’s interesting how I got to read all her other books before finally getting my hands on her debut work.
I usually write down and share my thoughts after reading a book that I like, and ‘Purple Hibiscus’ is certainly one of the best. But this time I want to write about the author. I learned about Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie about two years ago (forever grateful to KB for that). And I think it was just the right time. At that point I was ready to think about certain things and absorb certain ideas that I may not have been knowingly interested in before.
Thanks to her books and TED talks I got to see, hear and feel something very important, something that is life-changing. I think the wisdom that I have discovered in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s works, the wisdom that is so natural and so easy to embrace, set me on a path of discovery. She may not have given me all the answers, and that wasn’t even needed; what matters is that I started asking the right questions. And what’s even more beautiful is that all that wisdom is enclosed in the literary talent that is hardly matched by anyone. As I sit here and think about how Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the person who has broadened my horizons in ways nobody else ever did before, I’m excited about all the new amazing works she will share with the world in the future!
