| Half of a Yellow Sun Contributor(s): Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400095204 ISBN-13: 9781400095209 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 Annotation: From the award-winning author of "Purple Hibiscus" comes this masterly, haunting new novel, in which Adichie recreates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafras impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria during the 1960s. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2007279788 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5" W x 7.9" (0.83 lbs) 560 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1960's - Cultural Region - West Africa |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |