
Half of a Yellow Sun
byChimamanda Ngozi Adichie
NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • From the award-winning, bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists—a haunting story of love and war. • Recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction “Winner of Winners” award. With effortless grace, celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in southeastern Nigeria during the late 1960s. We experience this tumultuous decade alongside five unforgettable characters: Ugwu, a thirteen-year-old houseboy who works for Odenigbo, a university professor full of revolutionary zeal; Olanna, the professor’s beautiful young mistress who has abandoned her life in Lagos for a dusty town and her lover’s charm; and Richard, a shy young Englishman infatuated with Olanna’s willful twin sister Kainene. Half of a Yellow Sun is a tremendously evocative novel of the promise, hope, and disappointment of the Biafran war.
Language
es
Published on
01/01/2006
Pages
433
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9781400095209
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
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