Americanah Pak-Wai; Wong Pui-King Liu In her most provocative book

In her most provocative book yet

' However flawed

a master well digger and his young apprentice are hired to find water on a barren plain

newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country estate

whose story illuminates America's failures and disillusionment in Southeast Asia

Americanah Pak-Wai; Wong Pui-King Liu In her most provocative bookIfemelu and Obinze are young and in love when they depart military ruled Nigeria for the West. Beautiful, self assured Ifemelu heads for America, where despite her academic success, she is forced to grapple with what it means to be black for the first time. Quiet, thoughtful Obinze had hoped to join her, but with post 9 11 America closed to him, he instead plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. Fifteen years later, they reunite in a