Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie holds a highly rated rating of 4.28 out of 5, based on 46.7K reader ratings. First published in 2006. The book spans 433 pages.
About Half of a Yellow Sun
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. As Nigerian troops advance and the three must run for their lives, their ideals are severely tested, as are their loyalties to one another. Epic, ambitious, and triumphantly realized, Half of a Yellow Sun is a remarkable novel about moral responsibility, about the end of colonialism, about ethnic allegiances, about class and race—and the ways in which love can complicate them all. Adichie brilliantly evokes the promise and the devastating disappointments that marked this time and place, bringing us one of the most powerful, dramatic, and intensely emotional pictures of modern Africa that we have ever had.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Author | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie |
| Published | 2006 |
| Pages | 433 |
| Kindle Price | $11.99 |
| Genres | Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fiction |
| Average Rating | 4.28 / 5.00 |
| Total Ratings | 46,716 |
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What genre is Half of a Yellow Sun?
Half of a Yellow Sun is categorized as Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fiction. Its primary genre classification is Historical Fiction.
Is Half of a Yellow Sun worth reading?
Based on 46.7K reader ratings, Half of a Yellow Sun has an average score of 4.28 out of 5.00, which is considered "Highly Rated."
How many pages is Half of a Yellow Sun?
Half of a Yellow Sun has 433 pages.
Who wrote Half of a Yellow Sun?
Half of a Yellow Sun was written by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It was first published in 2006.
What is the ISBN for Half of a Yellow Sun?
The ISBN-13 for Half of a Yellow Sun is 9781400044160.0.
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