This is the sweeping new novel from the author of "Purple Hibiscus", which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and winner of the Commonwealth Writer's Prize. "Half a Yellow Sun"... more
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This is the sweeping new novel from the author of "Purple Hibiscus", which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize and winner of the Commonwealth Writer's Prize. "Half a Yellow Sun" is set in Nigeria in the 1960s, at the time of a vicious civil war in which a million people died, and thousands were massacred in cold blood. The three main characters in the novel get swept up in the violence during these turbulent years. One is a young boy from a poor village who is employed at a university lecturer's house. The other is a young middle-class woman, Olanna, who has to confront the reality of the massacre of her relatives. And the other is a white man, a writer who lives in Nigeria for no clear reason, and who falls in love with Olanna's sister, a remote and enigmatic character. As these people's lives intersect, they have to question their own responses to the unfolding political events. This extraordinary novel is about Africa in a wider sense: about moral responsibility, about the end of colonialism, about ethnic and tribal allegiances, about class and race; and the ways in which love can complicate all of these things.
Advantages: Beautifully written Disadvantages: Images of war are never nice.
...I don't often write book reviews but I really enjoyed (if that is the right turn of phrase) this book and thought I would share my thoughts. Half of a YellowSun is set in Nigeria during the 1960s and the title comes from the national emblem for Biafra. Whilst I, like many others of my generation, remember the harrowing television images of starving children during the Biafrian crisis, I have to confess my understanding of the background to that crisis was quite derisory. Although this book is fiction it is set during the now well documented political revolution and, judging by the dedication at the front of the book, it is a period time during which some of the authors forefathers perished. It provides a harrowing account of the impact that war can have on civilian life; touching on issues of class and race and of tribal hostility...
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Advantages: Wonderfully written, with fantastically realistic characters, and a lot of research has obviously been done. Disadvantages: None!
...appreciated when it has been read enthusiastically from cover to cover. I am going to by ChimamandaNgoziAdichie's other book Purple Hibiscus soon as this book has inspired me to read more of her work....
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Advantages: Excellent story, superb writing Disadvantages: A bit graphic in places
...Half of a yellowsun is a remarkable book in many ways. It won the Orange Broadband prize for fiction in 2007 and it was one of the biggest selling novels of that year. It is set in Nigeria during the 1960's against the backdrop of civil war and the Biafran strive for independence. It is remarkable especially because its author, ChimamandaNgoziAdichie was not even born until 1977 yet it is written with such passion it is as if she was there, recounting her own, often harrowing story. This is her second novel, following Purple Hibiscus, which also received much critical acclaim.
The book uses a handful of key characters, each from completely different backgrounds, to tell the story, each of whom are brought together by fate. This is the story about how they each cope as things begin to spiral dangerously out of control...
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