Book Review: Half of a Yellow Sun
Book Review: Half of a Yellow Sun Back in 2004, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie published Purple Hibiscus that revealed her brilliant and tremendous talent. Moreover, she even won a Commonwealth writers' prize because of the novel. Half of a Yellow Sun is Adichie’s second novel, and the title refers to the ‘half’ yellow sun emblem present on the flag of Biafra. In her novel, Adichie emphasizes on the impact of the Nigerian Civil War on the civilian life, not only the deaths in battle but also the starvation that followed. As a result, Adichie’s work found its way among other prize-winning ...
