Half of a yellow sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

A haunting story of love and war from "one of the world's great contemporary writers" (Barack Obama), the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists.

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.