Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun
Buch
- Random House LLC US, 09/2007
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, ,
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9781400095209
- Bestellnummer: 2028359
- Umfang: 543 Seiten
- Gewicht: 396 g
- Maße: 200 x 130 mm
- Stärke: 24 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 15.9.2007
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
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A haunting story of love and war from "one of the world's great contemporary writers" (Barack Obama), the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists.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.