Half of a Yellow Sun
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THE WOMENтАЩS PRIZE FOR FICTION тАШWINNER OF WINNERSтАЩ
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тАШA literary masterpieceтАЩ DAILY MAIL
тАШAn immense achievementтАЩ OBSERVER
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 OlannaтАЩs enigmatic twin sister. Amongst the horror of NigeriaтАЩs civil war, loyalties are tested as they are pulled apart and thrown together in ways none of them imagined.
Winner of the WomenтАЩs Prize for Fiction, Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieтАЩs masterpiece is a novel about race, class and the end of colonialism тАУ and the ways in which love can complicate everything.
тАШA gorgeous, pitiless account of love, violence and betrayalтАЩ TIME
тАШVividly written, thrumming with life ... a remarkable novelтАЩ JOYCE CAROL OATES
тАШAdichie entwines love and politics to a degree rarely achieved by novelistsтАЩ ELLE
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Nigeria in 1977. Her first novel тАШPurple HibiscusтАЩ was published in 2003 and was longlisted for the Booker Prize. Her second novel тАШHalf of a Yellow SunтАЩ won the 2007 Orange Prize for Fiction. Her short story collection, тАШThe Thing Around Your NeckтАЩ, 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 тАШgeniusтАЩ grant in 2009, and in 2010 appeared on the New YorkerтАЩs list of the best 20 writers under 40. Her third novel, тАШAmericanahтАЩ, was published to widespread critical acclaim in 2013. тАШHalf of a Yellow SunтАЩ is now a major feature film, тАШAmericanahтАЩ is in production. She lives in Nigeria.
