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An edition of Half of a Yellow Sun
(2006)
Half of a Yellow Sun
Fourth Estate paperback edition; movie tie-in (1)
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007, this is a heartbreaking, exquisitely written literary masterpiece. Now a major film starring Thandie Newton and Chiwetel Ejiofor, due for release in 2014. In 1960s Nigeria, Ugwu, a boy from a poor village, goes to work for Odenigbo, a radical university professor. Soon they are joined by Olanna, a young woman who has abandoned a life of privilege to live with her charismatic lover. Into their world comes Richard, an English writer, who has fallen for Olanna's sharp-tongued sister Kainene. But when the shocking horror of civil war engulfs the nation, their loves and loyalties are severely tested, while their lives pull apart and collide once again in ways none of them could have imagined ...
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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 39 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
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Half of a Yellow Sun
2007-09, Anchor Books / Random House
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Half of a Yellow Sun
2006, Alfred A. Knopf
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Half of a Yellow Sun
2006, W.F. Howes Ltd.
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Film tie-in.
First published in Great Britain by Fourth Estate in 2006. Published in paperback by Harper Perennial in 2007.
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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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