Half of a yellow sun
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New York : Knopf, 2006.
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435 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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0676978126

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APA Citation (style guide)

Adichie, C. N. (2006). Half of a yellow sun. Knopf.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-. 2006. Half of a Yellow Sun. Knopf.

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Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977-, Half of a Yellow Sun. Knopf, 2006.

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Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. Half of a Yellow Sun. Knopf, 2006.

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