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Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2007, Paperback) like new
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller Notes
- ISBN
- 9781400095209
- Book Title
- Half of a Yellow Sun
- Item Length
- 7.9 in
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.9 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- War & Military, Literary, Political, Historical
- Item Width
- 5.2 in
- Item Weight
- 13.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 560 Pages
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NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST * From the award-winning, bestselling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists --a haunting story of love and war. * Recipient of the Women's Prize for Fiction "Winner of Winners" award. 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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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400095204
ISBN-13
9781400095209
eBay Product ID (ePID)
59047572
Product Key Features
Book Title
Half of a Yellow Sun
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
War & Military, Literary, Political, Historical
Publication Year
2007
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
560 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pr9387.9.A34354h35
Reviews
"Profoundly gripping. . .When the Igbo people of eastern Nigeria seceded in 1967 to form the independent nation of Biafra, a bloody, crippling civil war followed. That period in African history is captured with haunting intimacy in this artful page-turner from Nigerian novelist Adichie. . . .Tumultuous politics power the plot, and several sections are harrowing. But this dramatic, intelligent epic has its lush and sultry side as well. This is a transcendent novel of many descriptive triumphs, most notably its depiction of the impact of war's brutalities on peasants and intellectuals alike. It's a searing history lesson in fictional form, intensely evocative and immensely absorbing." -"Publishers Weekly "(starred review) "We do not usually associate wisdom with beginners, but here is a new writer endowed with the gift of ancient storytellers. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie knows what is at stake, and what to do about it. Her experimentation with the dual mandate of English and Igbo in perennial discourse is a case in point. Timid and less competent writers would avoid the complication altogether, but Adichie embraces it because her story needs it. She is fearless, or she would not have taken on the intimidating horror of Nigeria's civil war. Adichie came almost fully made." -Chinua Achebe Praise for "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Purple Hibiscus": "The secret of Adichie's style is simplicity, rhythm and balance. She writes a poet's sentences." -"London Review of Books" "A sensitive and touching story of a child exposed too early to religious intolerance and the uglier side of the Nigerian state." -J. M. Coetzee, "A gorgeous, pitiless account of love, violence and betrayal during the Biafran war." -- Time "Instantly enthralling. . . . Vivid. . . . Powerful . . . A story whose characters live in a changing wartime atmosphere, doing their best to keep that atmosphere at bay." -- The New York Times "Ingenious. . . . [With] searching insight, compassion and an unexpected yet utterly appropriate touch of wit, Adichie has created an extraordinary book." -- Los Angeles Times "Brilliant. . . . Adichie entwines love and politics to a degree rarely achieved by novelists. . . . That is what great fiction does-it simultaneously devours and ennobles, and in its freely acknowledged invention comes to be truer than the facts upon which it is built." -- Elle, "A gorgeous, pitiless account of love, violence and betrayal during the Biafran war." - Time "Instantly enthralling. . . . Vivid. . . . Powerful . . . A story whose characters live in a changing wartime atmosphere, doing their best to keep that atmosphere at bay."- The New York Times "Ingenious. . . . [With] searching insight, compassion and an unexpected yet utterly appropriate touch of wit, Adichie has created an extraordinary book." - Los Angeles Times "Brilliant. . . . Adichie entwines love and politics to a degree rarely achieved by novelists. . . . That is what great fiction doesit simultaneously devours and ennobles, and in its freely acknowledged invention comes to be truer than the facts upon which it is built." - Elle, "A gorgeous, pitiless account of love, violence and betrayal during the Biafran war." - Time "Instantly enthralling. . . . Vivid. . . . Powerful . . . A story whose characters live in a changing wartime atmosphere, doing their best to keep that atmosphere at bay." - The New York Times "Ingenious. . . . [With] searching insight, compassion and an unexpected yet utterly appropriate touch of wit, Adichie has created an extraordinary book." - Los Angeles Times "Brilliant. . . . Adichie entwines love and politics to a degree rarely achieved by novelists. . . . That is what great fiction doesit simultaneously devours and ennobles, and in its freely acknowledged invention comes to be truer than the facts upon which it is built." - Elle, "A gorgeous, pitiless account of love, violence and betrayal during the Biafran war." -Time "Instantly enthralling. . . . Vivid. . . . Powerful . . . A story whose characters live in a changing wartime atmosphere, doing their best to keep that atmosphere at bay." -The New York Times "Ingenious. . . . [With] searching insight, compassion and an unexpected yet utterly appropriate touch of wit, Adichie has created an extraordinary book." -Los Angeles Times "Brilliant. . . . Adichie entwines love and politics to a degree rarely achieved by novelists. . . . That is what great fiction doesit simultaneously devours and ennobles, and in its freely acknowledged invention comes to be truer than the facts upon which it is built." -Elle, Praise for "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Purple Hibiscus": "The secret of Adichie's style is simplicity, rhythm and balance. She writes a poet's sentences." -"London Review of Books" "A sensitive and touching story of a child exposed too early to religious intolerance and the uglier side of the Nigerian state." -J. M. Coetzee, A New York Times Notable Book and a National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist "A gorgeous, pitiless account of love, violence and betrayal during the Biafran war." -- Time "Instantly enthralling. . . . Vivid. . . . Powerful . . . A story whose characters live in a changing wartime atmosphere, doing their best to keep that atmosphere at bay." -- The New York Times "Ingenious. . . . [With] searching insight, compassion and an unexpected yet utterly appropriate touch of wit, Adichie has created an extraordinary book." -- Los Angeles Times "Brilliant. . . . Adichie entwines love and politics to a degree rarely achieved by novelists. . . . That is what great fiction does-it simultaneously devours and ennobles, and in its freely acknowledged invention comes to be truer than the facts upon which it is built." -- Elle
Copyright Date
2007
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2007-279788
Dewey Decimal
823.92
Dewey Edition
23
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