tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post2478566345731684983..comments2024-03-28T10:10:43.453+00:00Comments on ImageNations: The Short Story Genre: Chimamanda and Uwem in The New YorkerImageNationshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-78753434612187703022010-09-20T17:31:46.879+00:002010-09-20T17:31:46.879+00:00@Geoffrey... Let's just hope. We can only hope...@Geoffrey... Let's just hope. We can only hope. I also like the one that seems to continue the story of Okonkwo. It was seamless.ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-27882067394095656982010-09-20T17:28:49.964+00:002010-09-20T17:28:49.964+00:00@Amy on the score I agree with you@Amy on the score I agree with youImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-15333592984098819482010-09-20T17:01:09.117+00:002010-09-20T17:01:09.117+00:00@ Amy: I also hope that you pass by.@ Amy: I also hope that you pass by.Geoffreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-19369434313114445732010-09-20T16:46:50.994+00:002010-09-20T16:46:50.994+00:00@Fredua: I certainly believe that Adichie uses her...@Fredua: I certainly believe that Adichie uses her short stories as preparatory grounds for her novels. There is more to watch out from her recent short stories that are coming out. Perhaps they could posses hints of what her next novel would look like. However, I liked Cell One and Jumping Monkey Hill.Geoffreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-81859720875321591212010-09-20T16:35:52.300+00:002010-09-20T16:35:52.300+00:00@ Fredua: I have heard many critics talk about tho...@ Fredua: I have heard many critics talk about those arguments you've put forward. We cannot but to hope that she does not fall prey to all those negatives or setbacks that befall famous writers like nobellas, pulitzers, etcGeoffreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-34904212749555898422010-09-20T16:26:04.796+00:002010-09-20T16:26:04.796+00:00Yes Nana. I did find the character and her reactio...Yes Nana. I did find the character and her reactions to things very believable too though. How she stayed so long, why she left when she did, etc.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18102250492155489672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-82947136000692751962010-09-20T16:23:44.384+00:002010-09-20T16:23:44.384+00:00@Amy. I also hope so. Hope you get to meet her. On...@Amy. I also hope so. Hope you get to meet her. One advantage of the gaps or the paucity with information is that it keeps us asking questions. thus, the story stays with you trying to devise reasons for the 'breakup'. So it somehow achieves its objectives.ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-24190880078424896652010-09-20T16:11:03.710+00:002010-09-20T16:11:03.710+00:00@Geoffrey, hardly are novelist able to better that...@Geoffrey, hardly are novelist able to better that which made them popular. That is one. Two, reading You Must Set Forth at Dawn, Wole Soyinka said the years immediately after the Nobel was not productive. Finally, most people's works are produced when they are young (not all though). But the idea of writing getting better with age is to me fiction. If you are young, you allow yourself to write things that make life interesting. However, getting old I begin to think that the good things are those that are twisted. Besides, having passed through life we lose a lot of the fun and begin to write things as 'serious'. <br /><br />But we cannot challenge her. It is possible that she would come out with something great. However, I didn't enjoy The Thing Around Your Neck as much as I enjoyed the longer stories. They seemed to have bits and pieces of all her novels.ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-19426840316717617082010-09-20T16:00:21.113+00:002010-09-20T16:00:21.113+00:00Yes, I liked the sparsity of it too though Nana. A...Yes, I liked the sparsity of it too though Nana. And I think she will come out with another incredible novel soon. At least I hope so :) I might actually have the chance to see her at a book fair in Texas - I'm not at all close to there, but might be semi close for a work trip the week after, so am seriously considering stopping there on my way! Trying not to get my hopes up too high though just in case.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18102250492155489672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-14237427752792994462010-09-20T15:55:43.926+00:002010-09-20T15:55:43.926+00:00Fredua, trust me; Adichie will come out with somet...Fredua, trust me; Adichie will come out with something greater than Half of a Yellow Sun. Here is my reason: having been awarded the Genius award of $500,000 dollars over five years, I think she can decide to stay home without ever thinking about money and then write and write and write. Writing gets better when you don't have so many things to worry about. What do you think?Geoffreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-90563199785772692272010-09-20T15:33:38.755+00:002010-09-20T15:33:38.755+00:00@Geoffrey... yes. There are places you can't h...@Geoffrey... yes. There are places you can't help but to laugh. She really is good. However, I wonder if there would be another book (by her, of course) that would surpass Half of a Yellow Sun.ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-64771372983889349472010-09-20T14:27:43.933+00:002010-09-20T14:27:43.933+00:00Infact, Adichie has a way of making you laugh. The...Infact, Adichie has a way of making you laugh. There are traces of funny bits in the story. I enjoyed it but...(hmmm!) Fredua you have a good point oo!Geoffreynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-42823695332429039482010-09-20T07:58:47.141+00:002010-09-20T07:58:47.141+00:00@Myne yes, the use of flashback was beautiful and ...@Myne yes, the use of flashback was beautiful and it made the work interesting. What about the gaps?ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-63007722230010749192010-09-20T07:56:56.610+00:002010-09-20T07:56:56.610+00:00@Amy Thanks Amy. I also enjoyed Adichie's but ...@Amy Thanks Amy. I also enjoyed Adichie's but I thought there were a lot that was left unsaid. Some say it is the result of advanced writing techniques.ImageNationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06021414643103601330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-903325204501118452010-09-18T01:02:43.423+00:002010-09-18T01:02:43.423+00:00Chimamanda's story spawned a huge discussion o...Chimamanda's story spawned a huge discussion on my FB page about Feminist issues. It is obviously more than that. I loved how she used the flasback and tied everything together. The setting was also very much a part of the story.Mynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595087387069634003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29803016.post-14730010310174328262010-09-17T21:36:58.466+00:002010-09-17T21:36:58.466+00:00Both good stories, though I can't help but enj...Both good stories, though I can't help but enjoy Adichie's more :) I also enjoyed Akpan's more than I thought I would - the ending was really great.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18102250492155489672noreply@blogger.com