Half of a Yellow Sun
A War, Literature, Historical book. Richard exhaled. It was like somebody sprinkling pepper on his wound: Thousands of Biafrans...
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. Half of a Yellow Sun is a tremendously evocative novel of the promise, hope, and disappointment of the Biafran war.
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- Pages: 448 pages
- ISBN: 9780007200283 / 7200285
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Richard exhaled. It was like somebody sprinkling pepper on his wound: Thousands of Biafrans were dead, and this man wanted to know if there was anything new about one dead white man. Richard would write about this, the rule of Western journalism: One hundred dead black people equal to one dead white person. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun // This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun // Why do I love him?...I don't think love has a reason...I think love comes first and then the reasons follow. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun //
The world has to know the truth of what is happening because they simply cannot remain silent while we die. - Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieAdichie's novel illuminates the reality and disintegration of Nigerian life in wartime during the 1960s. The Biafran war waged between 1967-70 was Nigeria's politically and ethnically charged battle of... Half of a Yellow Sun and what it meant as inscribed on the flag of Biafra:Red was the blood of the siblings massacred in the North, black was for mourning them, green was for the prosperity Biafra would have, and, finally, the half of a yellow sun stood for the glorious future --- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow SunThe book... Was in my To-read shelf for more than a couple of years. Always did wonder about the title.Finally started as it was suggested to me in Feb pick it for me challenge.Beginning was good, but by 20%, I started worrying that I will abandon this book...but somehow I persevered and the interest peaked.Ugwa would be one character that I will...
