Half of a Yellow Sun
Paperback Published on: 15/01/2007
£9.99
Synopsis
Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction Winner of Winners 2020
Ugwu, a boy from a poor village, works as a houseboy for a university professor. Olanna, a young woman, has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos to live with her charismatic new lover, the professor. And Richard, a shy English writer, is in thrall to Olanna's enigmatic twin sister. As the horrific Biafran War engulfs them, they are thrown together and pulled apart in ways they had never imagined.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's masterpiece, winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, is a novel about Africa in a wider sense: about the end of colonialism, ethnic allegiances, class and race - and about the ways in which love can complicate all of these things.
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- ISBN: 9780007200283
- Number of pages: 448
- Weight: 310g
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 28 mm
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I only read this due to the fact it was given to me through World Book Day, but I am glad that I made the effort to finish it. The tale of the uprising tha... READ MORE
Half of a Yellow Sun
A fantastic book about war in Nigeria, a subject I knew very little about. This book had me close to tears at several points and made me smile in others. T... READ MORE
Half of a Yellow Sun
captivating
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'Half Of A Yellow Sun' is genuinely one of the best books I've ever read. I read it after enjoying 'Purple Hibiscus', Adichie's first novel, but surprised ... READ MORE
Half of a Yellow Sun
Never has a book caused such a physical reaction as this - the amount of times my hand went over my mouth or I tensed my shoulders or felt like crying was... READ MORE
Half of a Yellow Sun
One of the best books ever written. Touch wood. I still visualise scenes in the book as though I lived them.
Half of a Yellow Sun
A gracious education about a forgotten war. Beautifully written with captivating characters. Lisa Wheeler, Waterstone's Cardholder
Half of a Yellow Sun
I came across this book by accident last summer, and it's been the best book I've read in a LONG time. Adichie is such a wonderful storyteller, and is so ... READ MORE
Heartbreaking and beautiful
'Half of a Yellow Sun' tells the story of Ugwu, a houseboy who goes to work for Odenigbo, a college lecturer; Olanna, Odenigbo's lover who has left her ext... READ MORE
Heartbreakingly beautiful
I knew nothing of the history of Nigeria and never knew it had such a sad history. This story follows three main characters; Olanna a beautiful daughter o... READ MORE
Read to walk in the shoes of others. Fantastic but gutting
Stunning. Sad. Funny. Given to me by a student after hearing me wax lyrical about The Poisonwood Bible. Learnt things I didn't know about Nigeria - such is... READ MORE
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