Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie First published 2006

About this book

Half of a Yellow Sun is a novel by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Published in 2006 by Fourth Estate, the novel tells the story of the Biafran War through the perspective of the characters Olanna, Ugwu, and Richard.

Subjects

  • 823.92
  • anisfield-wolf book award winner
  • biafrakonflikt
  • civil war
  • civil war (nigeria : 1967-1970) fast (ocolc)fst01352311
  • fiction
  • fiction, historical
  • fiction, historical, general
  • fiction, political
  • fiction, war & military
  • historical fiction
  • history
  • large type books
  • literary fiction
  • military fiction
  • modern literature
  • new york times reviewed
  • nigeria, fiction
  • orange broadband prize winner
  • pen/open book award winner
  • political fiction
  • politics and government
  • social aspects
  • war
  • women’s prize for fiction winner