Half of a yellow sun / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0676978126
- ISBN: 1400044162
- ISBN: 1400095204
- ISBN: 9780676978124
- ISBN: 9781400044160
- ISBN: 9781400095209
- Physical Description: 435 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: 1st North American edition
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 436).
- Awards Note:
- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 2007.Orange Prize for Fiction, 2007.
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- Subject:
- Nigeria > History > 1960- > Fiction.
Nigeria > History > Civil War, 1967-1970 > Fiction.
Nigeria > Politics and government > 1960- > Fiction. - Genre:
- Historical fiction.
Novels.
Political fiction.
Available copies
- 19 of 20 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 20 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Statesville Main Library | F ADICHIE (Text) | 33114015651904 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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