Is this book part of a series or a standalone work?

This is a standalone short story and does not belong to a series.

How is the story structured?

The narrative uses a non-linear structure that shifts between the protagonist's present experience of labor and her memories of past family dynamics and relationships.

Zikora

Contemporary Literature Drama

Pages: 512
Published: 2020
Language: English

After her partner walks out on her pregnancy, Zikora must prepare for motherhood while dealing with her overbearing mother’s arrival in DC. The tension between them forces Zikora to look back at her family's history in Nigeria and the struggles her mother endured. Through the pain of labor, she searches for a way to connect her past with the new life she is about to start.

Prose complexity: 7/10

Emotional Reflective Thought-Provoking Complex

Family Saga Betrayal Dual Timeline

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into thirty languages and has appeared in various publications, including The New Yorker, Granta, The O. Henry Prize Stories, the Financial Times, and Zoetrope. She is the author of the novels Purple Hibiscus, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the Orange Prize and was a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist, a New York Times Notable Book...

ZikoraProtagonist

ChiamakaProtagonist

OmelogorProtagonist

KadiatouProtagonist

Zikora's MotherSupporting

All characters in Zikora

Frequently asked questions

Is this book part of a series or a standalone work?
This is a standalone short story and does not belong to a series.
How is the story structured?
The narrative uses a non-linear structure that shifts between the protagonist's present experience of labor and her memories of past family dynamics and relationships.