{"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE grew up in Nigeria. Her work has been translated into thirty languages and has appeared in various publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe O. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eZoetrope: All-Story\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003ePurple Hibiscus\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award; \u003ci\u003eHalf of a Yellow Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, which was the recipient of the Women's Prize for Fiction \"Winner of Winners\" 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\u003e; and 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, both national bestsellers. A recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, she divides her time between the United States and Nigeria.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50585687687442,"sku":"9781400095209","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_30240e76-264f-4cec-a6ea-97b5750a4373.jpg?v=1732038967","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/half-of-a-yellow-sun-9781400095209","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}