The Resource Half of a yellow sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Half of a yellow sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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- Summary
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- 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
- With the effortless grace of a natural storyteller, Adichie weaves together the lives of five characters caught up in the extraordinary tumult of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Ugwu is houseboy to Odenigbo, a university professor who sends him to school, and in whose living room Ugwu hears voices full of revolutionary zeal. Odenigbo§s beautiful mistress, Olanna, a sociology teacher, is running away from her parents§ world of wealth and excess; Kainene, her urbane twin, is taking over their father§s business; and Kainene§s English lover, Richard, forms a bridge between their two worlds. As we follow these intertwined lives through a military coup, the Biafran secession and the subsequent war, Adichie brilliantly evokes the promise, and intimately, the devastating disappointments that marked this time and place. -- Publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st North American ed.
- Extent
- 435 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400095209
- Label
- Half of a yellow sun
- Title
- Half of a yellow sun
- Statement of responsibility
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Subject
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- trueWest African people
- trueIgbo (African people)
- trueLoss
- Loss (Psychology)
- trueMurder
- Nigeria
- Nigeria -- History -- 1960- -- Fiction
- trueNigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970
- Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970 -- Fiction
- Nigeria -- Politics and government -- 1960- -- Fiction
- truePeasantry
- truePeasantry -- Nigeria
- truePolitical corruption
- Political fiction
- Political fiction
- Political fiction
- Political fiction
- Politics and government
- truePostcolonialism
- trueRich families
- trueSexuality
- Since 1960
- trueTeenagers and war
- trueThirteen-year-old boys
- trueTwin sisters
- trueAfrican people
- trueBiafra (1967-1970)
- trueBritish in Nigeria
- Civil War (Nigeria : 1967-1970)
- trueCivil war
- trueFamilies
- Fiction
- trueGenocide
- trueHistorical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
- Language
- eng
- 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
- With the effortless grace of a natural storyteller, Adichie weaves together the lives of five characters caught up in the extraordinary tumult of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Ugwu is houseboy to Odenigbo, a university professor who sends him to school, and in whose living room Ugwu hears voices full of revolutionary zeal. Odenigbo§s beautiful mistress, Olanna, a sociology teacher, is running away from her parents§ world of wealth and excess; Kainene, her urbane twin, is taking over their father§s business; and Kainene§s English lover, Richard, forms a bridge between their two worlds. As we follow these intertwined lives through a military coup, the Biafran secession and the subsequent war, Adichie brilliantly evokes the promise, and intimately, the devastating disappointments that marked this time and place. -- Publisher description
- Award
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- Booklist Editors' Choice, 2006.
- Orange Prize for Fiction, 2007.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2006
- Awards note
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- Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 2007.
- Orange Prize for Fiction, 2007.
- 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
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Civil War (Nigeria : 1967-1970)
- Nigeria
- Nigeria
- Nigeria
- Historical fiction
- Political fiction
- Historical fiction
- Political fiction
- Politics and government
- Nigeria
- Label
- Half of a yellow sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [436])
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st North American ed.
- Extent
- 435 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400095209
- Lccn
- 2005057784
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 9781400044160
- System control number
- (OCoLC)62878418
- Label
- Half of a yellow sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [436])
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- 1st North American ed.
- Extent
- 435 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400095209
- Lccn
- 2005057784
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9781400044160
- System control number
- (OCoLC)62878418
Subject
- trueWest African people
- trueIgbo (African people)
- trueLoss
- Loss (Psychology)
- trueMurder
- Nigeria
- Nigeria -- History -- 1960- -- Fiction
- trueNigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970
- Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970 -- Fiction
- Nigeria -- Politics and government -- 1960- -- Fiction
- truePeasantry
- truePeasantry -- Nigeria
- truePolitical corruption
- Political fiction
- Political fiction
- Political fiction
- Political fiction
- Politics and government
- truePostcolonialism
- trueRich families
- trueSexuality
- Since 1960
- trueTeenagers and war
- trueThirteen-year-old boys
- trueTwin sisters
- trueAfrican people
- trueBiafra (1967-1970)
- trueBritish in Nigeria
- Civil War (Nigeria : 1967-1970)
- trueCivil war
- trueFamilies
- Fiction
- trueGenocide
- trueHistorical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- History
Genre
Included in
- trueWomen's Prize for Fiction
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2006
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2006
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
Character Only applied to fiction books, character appeal is especially for those readers who love books *because* of the characters.
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