{"product_id":"half-of-a-yellow-sun-9781400095209","title":"Half of a Yellow Sun","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST - \u003c\/b\u003eFrom the award-winning, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAmericanah\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe Should All Be Feminists\u003c\/i\u003e--a haunting story of love and war. - \u003cb\u003eRecipient of the Women's Prize for Fiction \"Winner of Winners\" award.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eHalf of a Yellow Sun\u003c\/i\u003e is a tremendously evocative novel of the promise, hope, and disappointment of the Biafran war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16141432\"\u003eChimamanda Ngozi Adichie\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400095209\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1400095204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC032000\"\u003eWar \u0026amp; Military\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into more than fifty-five languages. She is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003ePurple Hibiscus, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize; \u003ci\u003eHalf of a Yellow Sun, \u003c\/i\u003e which was the recipient of the Women's Prize for Fiction \"Best of the Best\" award; \u003ci\u003eAmericanah, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the National Book Critics Circle Award; the story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Thing Around Your Neck \u003c\/i\u003eand the essays \u003ci\u003eWe Should All Be Feminists\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions\u003c\/i\u003e. Her most recent work is an essay about losing her father, \u003ci\u003e Notes on Grief, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMama's Sleeping Scarf, \u003c\/i\u003e a children's book written as Nwa Grace-James. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42709580841197,"sku":"9781400095209","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_818dc255-6e71-479f-b1be-1ad389eb6ca8.jpg?v=1747482545","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/half-of-a-yellow-sun-9781400095209","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}