The Arrangements: A Work of Fiction
Written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Narrated by January LaVoy
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About this audiobook
Commissioned by the New York Times to write a story on any aspect of the 2016 presidential campaign, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie created a delicious, subversive, incisive fictional account of Melania Trump
Once, in the early years, before she fully understood him, she had asked what his favourite flowers were.
’I use the best florists in the city, they’re terrific,’ he replied, and she realised that taste, for him, was something to be determined by somebody else, and then flaunted.
From one of our greatest writers, a short story about today’s befuddling political climate, an imaginary account of a day in the life of Melania Trump and a fictional glimpse into the lives of the strange family residing in Trump Tower.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the author of Purple Hibiscus, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize, Half of a Yellow Sun, which won the Orange Prize for Fiction; and acclaimed story collection The Thing Around Your Neck. Americanah, was published around the world in 2013, received numerous awards and was named one of New York Times Ten Books of the Year. A recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.
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Reviews for The Arrangements
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Laughed out loud several times. As always, Chimamanda is supreme with her use of words, the elegance of her sentences and the acuity of her observations. Loved it!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Quite good. This hilarious satirical shortie is definitely worth a listen!!
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Omg no! I need more ????❤️
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Interestingly, I enjoyed it. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie makes words worth every read.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I found the fictionalised scenario rather grim and extremely sad.
Of course, Adichie has great writing - Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The book from chapter one to finished in 5 seconds! Kindly fix whatever bug that’s doing this. It’s frustrating.
The book is marked as finished although I have only listened to a paragraph!! - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dry I Interesting g I need to reread as I was interrupted listening I realy need to get the
Listening straightened out - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was entertaining, I really wished it had been longer
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5I love Chimamanda but didn’t see the point of this
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Not bad, it could be better. I do not recommend for serious audiobook listener not worth the time
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eu não conhecia este pequeno conto de Adichie, gostei muito da forma como a família Trump é, de certa forma, humanizada. Principalmente Melania. Muito bom.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Not sure how I feel about this. I think it was just too short and not as good as We Should All Be Feminist.