Audio: Fiction Podcast: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reads Jamaica Kincaid: newyorker.com
This is an audio piece from the New Yorker Fiction podcast. The series allows an author to read a story/piece from the New Yorker's archives and they analyze it. The series is basically a hit or miss because you have to like how the author reads the story and you kind of have to be interested in their analysis. In this piece, you hear Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie reading Jamaica Kincaid's "Figures in the Distance."I really like the interaction between her and the interviewer and how she personalizes her choice. She talks about how she's came to know about Kincaid's work and how she connected to it. I also liked her analysis of the story. When I had first read the story I kind of took it at face value as just an interesting story. Adichie, however, explores the themes of death and adolescence which helped me learn something about the Kincaid and this story. It was informative, thought-provoking, and Adichie didn't read it in a monotone voice which actually made it a delight to listen out loud.
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