Another new gem.

I’ve been so lucky with books lately.

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SYNOPSIS

As a powerful matriarchy reshapes the world, two men—old friends—confront the past and future in a bracing speculative short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, author of Americanah.

One night in Lagos, two former friends reunite. Obinna is a dutiful and unsophisticated stay-at-home husband and father married to a powerful businesswoman. Eze is single, a cautious rebel from his university days whose arrival soon upsets the balance in Obinna’s life. In a world where men are constantly under surveillance and subject to the whims of powerful women, more than Obinna’s ordered and accustomed routine might be on the line.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Visit is part of Black Stars, a multi-dimensional collection of speculative fiction from Black authors. Each story is a world much like our own. Read or listen to them in a single sitting.

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REVIEW

Could I get an additional 100 pages of this?

It made me laugh, but it also made me uncomfortable (in the best of ways) Seeing gender roles get flipped so radically sure highlights how dysfunctional our reality is. The men were experiencing typical ( often boring) experiences that most women face, but my initial reaction upon reading was to feel horrible for them (perhaps worse than I would for a woman) It made me re-evaluate some of my biases.

I would love for some of the men in my life to read this book, but the point could fly over their heads.

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