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Half of a Yellow Sun

byChimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Who is this book for? Readers interested in historical fiction, African literature, and stories about love and war.

Topics WarBiafran warNigeriaCivil warSocial aspectsPolitics and governmentHistorical eventsCultural conflictHuman resiliencePersonal relationshipsLoveIdentityBetrayalFamily
MoodMelancholic, Hopeful
Female protagonist
RomanceMajor Subplot
ViolenceModerate
THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'WINNER OF WINNERS' Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007, this is a heartbreaking, exquisitely written literary masterpiece Ugwu, a boy from a poor village, works as a houseboy for a university professor. Olanna, a young woman, has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos to live with her charismatic new lover, the professor. And Richard, a shy English writer, is in thrall to Olanna's enigmatic twin sister. As the horrific Biafran War engulfs them, they are thrown together and pulled apart in ways they had never imagined. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's masterpiece, winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, is a novel about Africa in a wider sense: about the end of colonialism, ethnic allegiances, class and race - and about the ways in which love can complicate all of these things.

Language

en

Published on

01/05/2007

Pages

433

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780007200283

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