Half of a Yellow Sun
Edition: First Anchor Books Edition (11)
Publisher: Anchor Books / Random House
Published: 2007-09
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 543
ISBN-13: 9781400095209
Copyright date: 2006
Subjects: African Contemporary Fiction; Fiction; Fiction - General; Literary; Fiction / Literary
Description: 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.
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