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Half of a Yellow Sun
Full title: | Half of a Yellow Sun |
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ISBN: | 9780307485779 |
ISBN 10: | 0307485773 |
Authors: | Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi |
Publisher: | Anchor |
Edition: | 3 |
Num. pages: | 562 |
Binding: | Kindle Edition |
Language: | en |
Published on: | 2008 |
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Synopsis
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.