Half of a Yellow Sun
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In 1960s Nigeria, three lives intersect. Ugwu works as a houseboy for a university professor. Olanna has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos to live with her charismatic lover, the lecturer. And Richard, a shy Englishman, is in thrall to Olannaâs enigmatic twin sister. Amongst the horror of Nigeriaâs civil war, loyalties are tested as they are pulled apart and thrown together in ways none of them imagined.
Winner of the Womenâs Prize for Fiction, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichieâs masterpiece is a novel about race, class and the end of colonialism â and the ways in which love can complicate everything.
âA gorgeous, pitiless account of love, violence and betrayalâ TIME
âVividly written, thrumming with life ... a remarkable novelâ JOYCE CAROL OATES
âAdichie entwines love and politics to a degree rarely achieved by novelistsâ ELLE
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Nigeria in 1977. Her first novel âPurple Hibiscusâ was published in 2003 and was longlisted for the Booker Prize. Her second novel âHalf of a Yellow Sunâ won the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction. Her short story collection, âThe Thing Around Your Neckâ, was published to critical acclaim in 2009. Her work has been selected by the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association and the BBC Short Story Awards, has appeared in various literary publications, including Zoetrope and The Iowa Review. She won a MacArthur âgeniusâ grant in 2009, and in 2010 appeared on the New Yorkerâs list of the best 20 writers under 40. Her third novel, âAmericanahâ, was published to widespread critical acclaim in 2013. âHalf of a Yellow Sunâ is now a major feature film, âAmericanahâ is in production. She lives in Nigeria.
