Half of a yellow sun
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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
Format:
Book
Edition:
1st North American ed.
Physical Desc:
435 pages ; 25 cm
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Re-creates the 1960s struggle of Biafra to establish an independent republic in Nigeria, following the intertwined lives of the characters through a military coup, the Biafran secession, and the resulting civil war.

With the effortless grace of a natural storyteller, Adichie weaves together the lives of five characters caught up in the extraordinary tumult of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Ugwu is houseboy to Odenigbo, a university professor who sends him to school, and in whose living room Ugwu hears voices full of revolutionary zeal. Odenigboʹs beautiful mistress, Olanna, a sociology teacher, is running away from her parentsʹ world of wealth and excess; Kainene, her urbane twin, is taking over their fatherʹs business; and Kaineneʹs English lover, Richard, forms a bridge between their two worlds. As we follow these intertwined lives through a military coup, the Biafran secession and the subsequent war, Adichie brilliantly evokes the promise, and intimately, the devastating disappointments that marked this time and place. -- Publisher description.

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ISBN:
1400044162, 9781400044160, 9781400095209, 1400095204, 9780676978124, 0676978126
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page [436]).
Description
Re-creates the 1960s struggle of Biafra to establish an independent republic in Nigeria, following the intertwined lives of the characters through a military coup, the Biafran secession, and the resulting civil war.
Description
With the effortless grace of a natural storyteller, Adichie weaves together the lives of five characters caught up in the extraordinary tumult of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Ugwu is houseboy to Odenigbo, a university professor who sends him to school, and in whose living room Ugwu hears voices full of revolutionary zeal. Odenigboʹs beautiful mistress, Olanna, a sociology teacher, is running away from her parentsʹ world of wealth and excess; Kainene, her urbane twin, is taking over their fatherʹs business; and Kaineneʹs English lover, Richard, forms a bridge between their two worlds. As we follow these intertwined lives through a military coup, the Biafran secession and the subsequent war, Adichie brilliantly evokes the promise, and intimately, the devastating disappointments that marked this time and place. -- Publisher description.
Awards
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 2007.
Awards
Orange Prize for Fiction, 2007.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)

Adichie, C. N. (2006). Half of a yellow sun. 1st North American ed. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-. 2006. Half of a Yellow Sun. New York, Alfred A. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-, Half of a Yellow Sun. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. Half of a Yellow Sun. 1st North American ed. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.

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