Mlad\u00ed zamilovan\u00ed Ifemelu a Obinze vyr\u016fstaj\u00ed v Nig\u00e9rii, kde vl\u00e1dne vojensk\u00e1 diktatura, a od d\u011btstv\u00ed po\u010d\u00edtaj\u00ed s t\u00edm, \u017ee jednou svou zemi opust\u00ed. Pl\u00e1nuj\u00ed budoucnost v zahrani\u010d\u00ed, ide\u00e1ln\u011b na americk\u00fdch univerzit\u00e1ch, jejich cesty se ale rozd\u011bluj\u00ed a \u010dasem ztr\u00e1c\u00ed kontakt \u00fapln\u011b. Ona se dost\u00e1v\u00e1 do USA, kde studuje, pracuje, pot\u00fdk\u00e1 se s po\u010d\u00e1te\u010dn\u00ed chudobou, ale i opa\u010dn\u00fdm probl\u00e9mem bohatstv\u00ed a privilegi\u00ed, kter\u00e9 j\u00ed p\u0159in\u00e1\u0161\u00ed milostn\u00e9 vztahy. On nedostane v\u00edzum kv\u016fli restrikc\u00edm po teroristick\u00fdch \u00fatoc\u00edch, a tak zkou\u0161\u00ed \u0161t\u011bst\u00ed jako ileg\u00e1ln\u00ed imigrant v Lond\u00fdn\u011b. Po 13 letech se shled\u00e1vaj\u00ed zp\u011bt v \u010derstv\u011b demokratick\u00e9 Nig\u00e9rii. Z Obinzeho se stal bohat\u00fd mu\u017e, Ifemelu je \u00fasp\u011b\u0161nou blogerkou, kter\u00e1 z pohledu africk\u00e9 \u010derno\u0161ky komentuje americkou spole\u010dnost a kulturu. Najdou k sob\u011b je\u0161t\u011b cestu?<\/p>\n
Hlavn\u00ed hrdinkou rom\u00e1nu je beze sporu Ifemelu \u2013 sebejist\u00e1, inteligentn\u00ed, zaj\u00edmav\u00e1. Neztrat\u00ed se v Americe ani v Nig\u00e9rii, ale v \u017eivot\u011b se ztracen\u00e1 trochu c\u00edt\u00ed. Proti Obinzemu, kter\u00fd je v p\u0159\u00edb\u011bhu plo\u0161\u0161\u00ed postavou, je se sv\u00fdmi chybami, n\u00e1ladami a \u010dast\u00fdmi skoky v osobn\u00edm \u017eivot\u011b velmi uv\u011b\u0159itelnou postavou. Zejm\u00e9na d\u00edky n\u00ed v\u00e1m p\u0159es 500 stran knihy ute\u010de jako nic. A\u0165 u\u017e p\u00ed\u0161e o sv\u00fdch rodi\u010d\u00edch a pom\u011brech v Nig\u00e9rii, vzpom\u00edn\u00e1, hodnot\u00ed sv\u00e9 sou\u010dasn\u00e9 partnery a vztahy, vztek\u00e1 se, zouf\u00e1 si nad stavem sv\u00fdch vlas\u016f, intenzivn\u011b pro\u017e\u00edv\u00e1 volbu nov\u00e9ho prezidenta nebo zve\u0159ej\u0148uje p\u0159\u00edsp\u011bvky z blogu s n\u00e1zvem Rasovna aneb Kuri\u00f3zn\u00ed post\u0159ehy neamerick\u00e9 \u010derno\u0161ky v ot\u00e1zce \u010derno\u0161stv\u00ed v Americe, na nudu ur\u010dit\u011b zapome\u0148te. Nezklame ani z\u00e1v\u011br knihy, kter\u00fd se odehr\u00e1v\u00e1 zp\u011bt v rodn\u00e9 zemi, kter\u00e1 ale mezit\u00edm pro\u0161la velkou prom\u011bnou.<\/p>\n
\u201eJ\u00e1 jsem p\u0159ijela ze zem\u011b, kde rasa nebyla probl\u00e9m \u2014 neuva\u017eovala jsem o sob\u011b jako o \u010derno\u0161ce a \u010derno\u0161ka se ze m\u011b stala, teprve kdy\u017e jsem p\u0159ijela do Ameriky. Kdy\u017e je \u010dlov\u011bk v Americe \u010dernoch a zamiluje se do b\u011blocha, na rase nez\u00e1le\u017e\u00ed ve chv\u00edl\u00edch, kdy jsou spolu sami, proto\u017ee jsou tam jen oni a jejich l\u00e1ska. Ale v okam\u017eiku, kdy vyjdou ven, na rase z\u00e1le\u017eet za\u010d\u00edn\u00e1. Jenom o tom nemluv\u00edme.\u201c<\/i><\/p>\n
Zn\u00ed v\u00e1m t\u00e9mata jako rasa, imigrace, identita nudn\u011b a v\u00e1\u017en\u011b? Pak budete p\u0159ekvapeni, jak \u010dtiv\u00e1 a z\u00e1bavn\u00e1 kniha se o nich d\u00e1 napsat. Mo\u017en\u00e1 si po p\u0159e\u010dten\u00ed budete hledat, co jsou relax\u00e9r a francouzsk\u00e9 cop\u00e1nky, zkoumat nigerijskou historii nebo hledat statistiky o zlo\u010dinu v Americe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichieov\u00e1 toti\u017e napsala skv\u011bl\u00fd rom\u00e1n, kter\u00fd dok\u00e1\u017ee oslovit r\u016fzn\u00e9 typy \u010dten\u00e1\u0159\u016f.<\/p>\n
Autorka: Monika Havlasov\u00e1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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