Men Without Women
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s 2021 Oscar-winning film was adapted and titled from this short story
Drive My Car
In order to convey Ifemelu's emotions around race in America she turns to this common form of internet expressionsm
Blogging / Blog
The farm in which the story of Fever Dream takes place, rests within this South American country
Argentina
Karen is consistently drawn and depicted as this classic horror movie monster
Werewolf
Victor Miesel following the anomaly attends a press conference on this American talk show
Stephen Colbert
This classic Beatles song is sung in the Kansai dialect by Kitaru in the short story by the same name
Yesterday
This hairstyle compels Ifemelu to go to Trenton to get her hair done
Braiding
The fields which populate the grounds of the novel are highly dense in these high oil density bean crops
Soy / Soybean
Holocaust
Flight 006 on which the Anomaly takes place is seen departing from this country, which shares its location with its author
France
In the story "Kino" his struggles throughout the narrative are represented by this species of reptile
Snakes
This US President's campaign aids in the rekindling of Ifemelu's and Blaine's relationship
Barack Obama
The contamination in the soil is often referred to as this species of invertebrate throughout the novel
Worms
Anka's early life of sexual exploitation involved a coverup in terms of its naming, the location being named after this medicinal building
Pharmacy
The Anomaly of the universes origin reflected in the novel coincides with this popular creation theory pedestaled by people like Elon Musk and Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Simulation Theory
This common action is described as the "Independent Organ" by Dr. Tokai
Lying
Near the end of the book in chapter 51 Obinze and Ifemelu reunite in this location
Omar had promised Carla a future in his passion of breeding stallions for this purpose
Horse Racing
The art style of the graphic novel is known for using this form of overlapping lined shading
Cross Hatching
This popular children's toy is carried around in Victor Miesel's pockets
Lego
This character was inspired directly by a fictitious figure from the tales of "A Thousand and One Nights"
Sheherazade
In Chapter 3 Ifemelu's father is fired for refusing to call their boss by this name connected to a famous Egyptian Ritual
Mummy
A spiritual process is performed on David and Nina in the greenhouse in order to remove the contamination from their bodies through transference to new healthy bodies, it is described by Carla as this activity commonly associated with birds
Migration / Transmigration
This character quickly referenced in the novel was likely inspired by Robert Crumbs Fritz the Cat
Randy Raccoon
This form of thematic art is used in the end of the novel to create an image of a funnel using nothing but words
Calligram