Half of a yellow sun /
"Re-creates a seminarl moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria following the 1960s, and the chilling violence that followed ... Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence of the de...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2006.
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| Edition: | 1st North American ed. |
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| Summary: | "Re-creates a seminarl moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria following the 1960s, and the chilling violence that followed ... 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 a university professor full of revolutionary zeal. Olanna is the professor's beautiful mistress ... And Richard is a shy young Englishman in thrall to Olanna's twin sister ... As Nigerian troops advance and the three must run for their lives, their ideals are severely tested, as are their loyalties to one another"--Dust jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 435 p. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: | 1400044162 |