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Half of a Yellow Sun
First Anchor Books Edition (11)
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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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.
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literary fiction, historical fiction, political fiction, war, military fiction, Fiction, History, Modern Literature, Civil War, Anisfield-Wolf Book Award winner, PEN/Open Book Award winner, Orange Broadband Prize winner, Women’s Prize for Fiction winner, Biafrakonflikt, Civil War (Nigeria : 1967-1970) fast (OCoLC)fst01352311, Social aspects, Nigeria, fiction, Fiction, historical, Fiction, political, Large type books, Fiction, war & military, New York Times reviewed, Fiction, historical, general, Politics and government, 823.92Times
1967-1970, Civil War, 1967-1970Showing 9 featured editions. View all 40 editions?
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Half of a Yellow Sun
2019, 4th Estate
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Half of a Yellow Sun
2014, Fourth Estate
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Half of a Yellow Sun
2007, Harper Perennial
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Half of a Yellow Sun
2007, Harper Perennial
paperback
in English
- reprint (13)
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Half of a Yellow Sun
2007-09, Anchor Books / Random House
Paperback
in English
- First Anchor Books Edition (11)
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Half of a Yellow Sun
2006, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover
in English
- First North American Edition
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Half of a Yellow Sun
2006, W.F. Howes Ltd.
in English
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Half of a Yellow Sun is a novel by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Published in 2006 by Fourth Estate, the novel tells the story of the Biafran War through the perspective of the characters Olanna, Ugwu, and Richard.
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