This Is The Sweeping New Novel From The Author Of Purple Hibiscus, Which Was Shortlisted For The Orange Prize And Winner Of The Commonwealth Writer's Prize. Half A Yellow Sun Is Set In Nigeria In The 1960s, At The Time Of A Vicious Civil War In Which A Million People Died, And Thousands Were Massacred In Cold Blood. The Three Main Characters In The Novel Get Swept Up In The Violence During These Turbulent Years. One Is A Young Boy From A Poor Village Who Is Employed At A University Lecturer's House. The Other Is A Young Middle-class Woman, Olanna, Who Has To Confront The Reality Of The Massacre Of Her Relatives. And The Other Is A White Man, A Writer Who Lives In Nigeria For No Clear Reason, And Who Falls In Love With Olanna's Sister, A Remote And Enigmatic Character. As These People's Lives Intersect, They Have To Question Their Own Responses To The Unfolding Political Events. This Extraordinary Novel Is About Africa In A Wider Sense: About Moral Responsibility, About The End Of Colonialism, About Ethnic And Tribal Allegiances, About Class And Race; And The Ways In Which Love Can Complicate All Of These Things.
