Literary · Historical
Half of a Yellow Sun
Set in Nigeria in the 1960s, the story follows a houseboy, two sisters and an English writer as the Biafran secession turns their comfortable lives into a fight for survival.
- First published
- 2006
- Pace
- medium
- Length
- long
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a human-scale story of a historical war, told through characters you will not forget.
Skip this if you are not ready for scenes of famine, massacre and sexual violence.
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