Half of a Yellow Sun
Ranked #4 in African, Ranked #4 in Africa — see more rankings.
A masterly, haunting new novel from a writer heralded by The Washington Post Book World as “the 21st-century daughter of Chinua Achebe,” Half of a Yellow Sun re-creates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra’s impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria in the 1960s, and the chilling violence that followed.
With astonishing empathy and the effortless grace of a natural storyteller, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence of the decade. Thirteen-year-old Ugwu is employed as a houseboy for... more
With astonishing empathy and the effortless grace of a natural storyteller, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence of the decade. Thirteen-year-old Ugwu is employed as a houseboy for... more
Reviews and Recommendations
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Michelle Jana Chan Her story is told by three powerful, self-aware and intellectually upright characters who are swept up in the struggle to establish an independent Nigeria. It’s a call to arms. (Source)
Michael Peel Chimamanda Adichie broke the ice in writing about the Biafran war. (Source)
Rankings by Category
Half of a Yellow Sun is ranked in the following categories:
- #95 in 21st Century
- #59 in AA
- #15 in African History
- #28 in Black Author
- #64 in Corruption
- #89 in Insightful
- #19 in Orange
- #83 in Perspective
- #41 in Revolution
- #36 in Twins
- #36 in War
- #63 in War Fiction
- #36 in Wars
- #99 in Women
- #35 in World
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