Half of a Yellow Sun
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
Format: Book
Edition: First North American edition.
Description: 435 pages ; 25 cm
Re-creates the 1960s struggle of Biafra to establish an independent republic in Nigeria, following the intertwined lives of the characters through a military coup, the Biafran secession, and the resulting civil war.
Subjects:
Historical fiction.
Political fiction.
Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970 -- Fiction.
Nigeria -- History -- 1960- -- Fiction.
Nigeria -- Politics and government -- 1960- -- Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Political fiction.
Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970 -- Fiction.
Nigeria -- History -- 1960- -- Fiction.
Nigeria -- Politics and government -- 1960- -- Fiction.
ISBN:
1400044162
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Includes bibliographical references (page [436]).
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 2007.
Orange Prize for Fiction, 2007.
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 2007.
Orange Prize for Fiction, 2007.
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