Half of a Yellow Sun

Paperback, 543 pages

English language

Published Sept. 13, 2007 by Anchor Books / Random House.

ISBN:
978-1-4000-9520-9
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OCLC Number:
148836800

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With effortless grace, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in African history: Biafra's 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; 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 promise, hope, and the disappointment of war. --back cover

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Subjects

  • African Contemporary Fiction
  • Fiction
  • Fiction - General
  • Literary
  • Fiction / Literary