A haunting story of love and war from the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists.
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.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 09/04/2007
ISBN: 9781400095209
Pages: 543
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.19w x 1.00d
Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 09/09/2007 pg. 36
Entertainment Weekly 09/28/2007 pg. 109
Books & Culture 01/01/2008 pg. 29
People Weekly 06/29/2009 pg. 51