The Resource Half of a yellow sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a yellow sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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- Summary
- 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 a university professor full of revolutionary zeal. Olanna is the professor’s beautiful mistress, who has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos for a dusty university town and the charisma of her new lover. And Richard is a shy young Englishman in thrall to Olanna’s twin sister, an enigmatic figure who refuses to belong to anyone. As Nigerian troops advance and the three must run for their lives, their ideals are severely tested, as are their loyalties to one another
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st North American edition.
- Extent
- 435 pages (hardcover)
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi Book."-- T.P verso
- Isbn
- 9781400044160
- Label
- Half of a yellow sun
- Title
- Half of a yellow sun
- Statement of responsibility
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Subject
-
- trueLiterary fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueTeenagers and war
- FICTION / Political
- trueNigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueSexuality
- Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970 -- Fiction
- truePolitical fiction
- trueRich families
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueCivil war
- trueBiafra (1967-1970)
- trueIgbo (African people)
- Nigeria -- History -- 1960- -- Fiction
- FICTION / Literary
- trueBritish in Nigeria
- truePolitical corruption
- trueTwin sisters
- truePeasantry -- Nigeria
- trueFamilies
- trueGenocide
- trueMurder
- Political fiction
- trueThirteen-year-old boys
- trueBooks to movies
- truePostcolonialism
- true1960s -- 1960 -- 1969
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 a university professor full of revolutionary zeal. Olanna is the professor’s beautiful mistress, who has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos for a dusty university town and the charisma of her new lover. And Richard is a shy young Englishman in thrall to Olanna’s twin sister, an enigmatic figure who refuses to belong to anyone. As Nigerian troops advance and the three must run for their lives, their ideals are severely tested, as are their loyalties to one another
- Summary
- Re-creates the 1960s struggle of Biafra to establish an independent republic in Nigeria, following the intertwined lives of the characters through a military coup, the Biafran secession, and the resulting civil war
- Award
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- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2006.
- Orange Prize for Fiction, 2007.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2006
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 147212
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1977-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9387.9.A34354
- LC item number
- H35 2006
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Nigeria
- Nigeria
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Political
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Half of a yellow sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Link
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi Book."-- T.P verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2569310
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st North American edition.
- Extent
- 435 pages (hardcover)
- Isbn
- 9781400044160
- Lccn
- 20069025746
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Label
- Half of a yellow sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Link
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi Book."-- T.P verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2569310
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st North American edition.
- Extent
- 435 pages (hardcover)
- Isbn
- 9781400044160
- Lccn
- 20069025746
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
Subject
- true1960s -- 1960 -- 1969
- trueBiafra (1967-1970)
- trueBooks to movies
- trueBritish in Nigeria
- trueCivil war
- FICTION / Literary
- FICTION / Political
- trueFamilies
- trueGenocide
- Historical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueIgbo (African people)
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- trueMurder
- Nigeria -- History -- 1960- -- Fiction
- trueNigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970
- Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970 -- Fiction
- truePeasantry -- Nigeria
- truePolitical corruption
- truePolitical fiction
- Political fiction
- truePostcolonialism
- trueRich families
- trueSexuality
- trueTeenagers and war
- trueThirteen-year-old boys
- trueTwin sisters
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Included in
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2006
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2006
- trueWomen's Prize for Fiction
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