Flattened by death? A universal response captured in brilliant prose We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Juliette Hughes Normal text size HarperCollins, $14.99 Grief is not the same as sadness. Anyone who has known grief will recognise the truth of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s short, profound account of her reaction to the death of her father. The death of someone who is beloved does more than create melancholy – indeed, how pale that word becomes when measured against an experience that fire-bombs, razes, annihilates, amputates. Adichie shares this with her customary blazing fulness; the matter of her life and mind is there with her art and her heart on the page.