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The Shivering


A Literary Fiction Short Story

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On the day a plane crashed in Nigeria, Ukamaka lets into her apartment a neighbor in a Princeton sweatshirt she'd never met before to keep her company and pray.

United in a common loss, Ukamaka is glad to have someone she can confide in about her home, her ex-boyfriend, her life as a graduate student in the United States, and her ambitions.

But, in her eagerness to discover a new friend in Chinedu, Ukamaka is slow to realize the tragic and desperate secrets he is protecting from her.

In this poignant, stirring short depicting the solitary lives that immigrants face in the United States, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie celebrates faith and the fragile ties that can grant salvation.

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