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Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda, Ngozi Adichie is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Half of a Yellow Sun about?
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence of a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra’s impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria in the 1960s, and the chilling violence that followed.A masterly, haunting new novel from a writer heralded by The Washington Post Book World as “the 21st-century daughter of Chinua Achebe,” Half of a Yellow Sun re-creates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra’s impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria in the 1960s, and the chilling violence that followed.With astonishing empathy and the effortless grace of a natural storyteller, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence of the decade. Thirteen-year-old Ugwu is employed as a houseboy for a university professor full of revolutionary zeal. Olanna is the professor’s beautiful mistress, who has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos for a dusty university town and the charisma of her new lover. And Richard is a shy young Englishman in thrall to Olanna’s twin sister, an enigmatic figure who refuses to belong to anyone. A
Who reads Half of a Yellow Sun?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Chimamanda, Ngozi Adichie
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781400095209
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, History
- Rating
- 4.28 / 5 (48,752 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14