ISBN: 0307373541 9780307373540

Category: Fiction / Literary

Page count: 560

<b>NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • A <i>New York Times </i>Notable Book • Recipient of the Women’s Prize for Fiction “Winner of Winners” award • From the award-winning, bestselling author of <i>Dream Count</i>, <i>Americanah, </i>and <i>We Should All Be Feminists</i>—a haunting story of love and war</b><br><br>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.<br><br><i>Half of a Yellow Sun</i> is a tremendously evocative novel of the promise, hope, and disappointment of the Biafran war.