In her long-awaited return to fiction, the author of "Americanah," Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, presents "Dream Count" (Knopf), an intricately woven novel that spans continents and classes.

“What’s the point of writing fiction?” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said. “The point is human connection. That’s what matters the most to me.”Credit...Schaun Champion for The New York ...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s “Dream Count” feels like a homecoming. The Nigerian author’s first work of longform fiction in over a decade reminds us of the sharp wisdom and sturdy empathy ...

DREAM COUNT, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie “Dream Count,” Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s first novel in a dozen years, is dreamy indeed: an accumulation of scenes and sensations, cloudlike in ...

This cover image released by Knopf shows "Dream Count" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. (Knopf via AP) ...