Libro
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
Half of a yellow sun / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nuova ed
London : 4th Estate, 2017
Titolo e contributi: Half of a yellow sun / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Nuova ed
Pubblicazione: London : 4th Estate, 2017
Descrizione fisica:
[6], 433 p. ; 20 cm
ISBN: 9780007200283
Data:2017
Lingua:
Inglese (lingua del testo, colonna sonora, ecc.)
Paese:
xx
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Abstract:
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.