Half of a Yellow Sun

Ugwu er en dreng fra en fattig landsby, der har fået arbejde i huset for en universitetsprofessor. Olanna er en ung kvinde, der forlader sin priviligerede tilværelse i Lagos for at flytte ind hos sin karismatiske nye elsker, professoren. Richard er en sky, britisk forfatter, der er komplet forgabt i Olannas tvilling. Alle oplever de biafrakrigens rædsler i slut-60'ernes Nigeria på egen krop og sjæl. Som borgerkrigen udspiller sig omkring dem i "Half of a Yellow Sun", bliver deres skæbner sammenflettet og adskilt på måder de aldrig havde forudset. Den hjerteskærende "Half of a Yellow Sun" er skrevet af den nigerianske forfatter Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi, som især blev internationalt kendt for romanen "Americanah".

Ugwu er en dreng fra en fattig landsby, der har fået arbejde i huset for en universitetsprofessor. Olanna er en ung kvinde, der forlader sin priviligerede tilværelse i Lagos for at flytte ind hos sin karismatiske nye elsker, professoren. Richard er en sky, britisk forfatter, der er komplet forgabt i Olannas tvilling. Alle oplever de biafrakrigens rædsler i slut-60'ernes Nigeria på egen krop og sjæl. Som borgerkrigen udspiller sig omkring dem i "Half of a Yellow Sun", bliver deres skæbner sammenflettet og adskilt på måder de aldrig havde forudset. Den hjerteskærende "Half of a Yellow Sun" er skrevet af den nigerianske forfatter Chimamanda Ngozi Adichi, som især blev internationalt kendt for romanen "Americanah".

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.

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.