Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Half of a Yellow Sun
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- Kategoria: yhteiskunta & politiikka, alakategoria: maanpuolustus
- Materiaali: Nidottu
- Kustantaja: Anchor Books
- Kieli: englanti
- ISBN: 9781400095209
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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. '