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# Half of a Yellow Sun

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Review: Original Copy. - This is the original copy of the book. Not the photocopied version. As per the the material, it is great.
Review: Love Adichie's writing! An important book based on the Nigeria-Biafra war - Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one of those books that I’ll cherish forever! The book is based on the Nigeria-Biafra war 1967-1970 and follows 3 very different characters from the early in 1960s - Ugwu is a village boy employed as a houseboy to a University Professor, they are soon joined by Olanna, who gives up the comfort of her wealthy life to live with her lover and thirdly, Richard, a young Englishman and writer who admires Olanna’s twin sister. The story goes back and forth from the early 1960s to the rise and fall of Biafra, whose independence was short lived. Adichie has woven a beautiful story, keeping the war as a backdrop at times and focusing more on the plight of people, their hopes, suffering, death and grief, in simple but piercing words. This wasn’t just a story based on war for me, it was a tale of a family, with it’s ups and downs, love and betrayal and the effects of war on them, it was about their survival and little moments of happiness. I loved everything about the book! The parallel narration, the characters and their growth. I felt the plight of every character but the most remarkable one for me was Ugwu! Honest, flawed and showed a tremendous and profound growth. The book felt a little slow now and then and was very graphic in some places, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading it since I learned a lot on the historical as well as personal front. This was a solid ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 for me and I highly recommend it!

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #7,109 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #4 in African History (Books) #150 in Historical Fiction (Books) #177 in Action & Adventure (Books) |
| Country of Origin  | United Kingdom |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (15,136) |
| Dimensions  | 12.9 x 2.9 x 19.7 cm |
| Generic Name  | Book |
| ISBN-10  | 0007200285 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0007200283 |
| Importer  | HarperCollins Publishers India |
| Item Weight  | 294 g |
| Language  | English |
| Net Quantity  | 500.00 Grams |
| Packer  | HarperCollins Publishers India |
| Print length  | 448 pages |
| Publication date  | 9 March 2017 |
| Publisher  | Fourth Estate |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Original Copy.
*by S***H on 9 November 2025*

This is the original copy of the book. Not the photocopied version. As per the the material, it is great.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love Adichie's writing! An important book based on the Nigeria-Biafra war
*by A***L on 18 September 2018*

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one of those books that I’ll cherish forever! The book is based on the Nigeria-Biafra war 1967-1970 and follows 3 very different characters from the early in 1960s - Ugwu is a village boy employed as a houseboy to a University Professor, they are soon joined by Olanna, who gives up the comfort of her wealthy life to live with her lover and thirdly, Richard, a young Englishman and writer who admires Olanna’s twin sister. The story goes back and forth from the early 1960s to the rise and fall of Biafra, whose independence was short lived. Adichie has woven a beautiful story, keeping the war as a backdrop at times and focusing more on the plight of people, their hopes, suffering, death and grief, in simple but piercing words. This wasn’t just a story based on war for me, it was a tale of a family, with it’s ups and downs, love and betrayal and the effects of war on them, it was about their survival and little moments of happiness. I loved everything about the book! The parallel narration, the characters and their growth. I felt the plight of every character but the most remarkable one for me was Ugwu! Honest, flawed and showed a tremendous and profound growth. The book felt a little slow now and then and was very graphic in some places, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading it since I learned a lot on the historical as well as personal front. This was a solid ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5/5 for me and I highly recommend it!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The world was silent when we died”
*by D***I on 18 August 2018*

During the late 1960s, Nigeria witnessed a gruesome civil war that led to persecution of Igbo people across the state. The demand for an independent Biafra initiated violent altercations amongst the local tribes which had been living peacefully since ages in the area. Like all other civil wars, the worst hit were the local people, women and children including, caught in the state of affairs in which their mere survival was at risk. A lot has been written about one of the bloodiest civil wars in the world history since then. Adichie’s book, Half of a Yellow Sun, first published in 2006 is considered one of the most lucid fictions based on the past that still haunts the people of Nigeria. War knows no religion, race, gender or social status. It destroys everything and everybody with equal tenacity. When Olanna and her sister Kaneine are caught in the war, they find themselves completely helpless. In spite of their sound social and economic status and education, their plight seems no different from the uneducated houseboy Ugwu who has seen nothing but abject poverty all his life. As all of them face the brutalities of war with all their might, they struggle to maintain their sanity despite the gory violence being shed upon their friends, families and community. Odenigbo, Ugwu’s master and Olanna’s life partner, sees Biafra as a new beginning and believes in the future that it promises for the state. However, he fails to fathom the cost of it. They lose their comfortable abode overnight and are forced to live as refugees, running for cover every time an air-bomber shells their neighbourhood. Richard, Kaneine’s English boyfriend, continues to face ridicule and resistance. But he finds himself more connected to the country of his residence than his roots of the past. Adichie’s book is a masterpiece. It takes you along the journey of ups and downs; of pleasures and absolute dejections; of feeing completely helpless to finding the strength within. The transformation of a naïve village boy who found pleasure in cooking for his master to a soldier of the civil war who raped girls and killed people cold heartedly, is heart breaking. The bond between sisters which was lost in the times of abundance revives in tough times and brings them together. Half of a Yellow Sun takes a plunge into emotions, predicaments, redemptions and pain. There is a reasonable yet sensitive human angle to issues, personal and social. Some portions are worth reading twice, just to devour the beauty of writing. This is undoubtedly one of the best books I have ever read.

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