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Half of a Yellow Sun

Written by: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Narrated by: Zainab Jah
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THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION ‘WINNER OF WINNERS’

‘A literary masterpiece’ DAILY MAIL

‘An immense achievement’ OBSERVER

In 1960s Nigeria, three lives intersect. Ugwu works as a houseboy for a university professor. Olanna has abandoned her life of privilege in Lagos to live with her charismatic lover, the lecturer. And Richard, a shy Englishman, is in thrall to Olanna’s enigmatic twin sister. Amongst the horror of Nigeria’s civil war, loyalties are tested as they are pulled apart and thrown together in ways none of them imagined.

Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s masterpiece is a novel about race, class and the end of colonialism – and the ways in which love can complicate everything.

‘A gorgeous, pitiless account of love, violence and betrayal’ TIME

‘Vividly written, thrumming with life … a remarkable novel’ JOYCE CAROL OATES

‘Adichie entwines love and politics to a degree rarely achieved by novelists’ ELLE

©2016 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Classics Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural War & Military

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One hell of a masterpiece

A BIG Thank you to the author for weaving this and a HUGE shout out to the narrator for breathing life into it.

The book is gripping, leaves one feeling emotional and is a real eye opener about Nigerian history and how the civil war has changed the course of millions

The narrator has done a BRILLIANT job in emoting, using the right accent and pronounciations. Felt like the whole tale was taking place before my eyes and left me with a very heavy heart in certain parts.

Thank you to both you women! Thank you for bringing this story to the world

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Brilliant

This would be my first book written by an African author. I am ashamed to admit it. Nevertheless, it has left me hungry for more.

About the book - Brilliant is the word that comes to me and still feels like an understatement. The book grows on you and by the time it's coming to an end you are so much in love with the characters and they so much a part of your life that you grieve their going away. Thank you this great experience. The narrator too is great!

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A stirring journey into the Nigerian civil war of 70s

The book vividly portrays the Nigerian civil war, evoking deep emotions, revealing the human cost of conflict. The author masterfully fleshes out each of her characters so well and you experience their journey so intimately that their pain and guilt and shame and hunger feels like your own. The narration is beautiful and expressive.

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I loved the book and narrator

The book is good you feel different emotions and learn that things can happen in life , money is vanity.The narrator was Goood. She knows how to pronounce every Igbo words make me fall in love with the way she said Kedu😍😍😍

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Haunting, dynamic, very engaging.

Written so well and narrated well too. Didn't want the book to end. The story is dynamic. It builds forward and keeps shifting in an interesting way. Makes you wonder about the terrible things we human beings are capable of, but also the inconceivable strength that sustains us through the same. Compassion, one's will to live. Fascinating to see highlighted how life is different in times of war, and also some ways in which it is the same. Also a vivid look into the culture of the region. Left me feelings as if I've travelled there myself.

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Poignant story exceptionally written and narrated

One of the most beautifully written books I've read so far. The details, description and the portrayal of the culture was exceptionally written. I heard this book on Audible, and the narrator added a point to the experience with the language fluency.

The author made me feel like I was part of the story as a real-time witness. The painful and unimaginable effect that war has on people was so difficult to digest. The narration was raw and real, at the same time expressed in a way that doesn't scare you to read further.

This book makes you think a lot about your own fortunes and how ungrateful one can be in oblivion. It also sheds light on conquest, the power struggle that follows, and the dark side of humanity. What a human being can reduce to when survival is in question is something I wish on no one.

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Very well written, brilliantly narrated

Half of a Yellow Sun is an account of war-torn Nigeria and has been very well written. Chimamanda Adichie is a fantastic writer and her words flow beautifully. The story overall however while good, is not her best work. The narrator Zainab Jah was really wonderful and this book was so much better as a listen because she could pronounce and enunciate all of the Igbo words that were written. Overall it is worth a one-time read/listen.

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