HALF OF A YELLOW SUN

Half of a Yellow Sun is a novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie that chronicles the Biafran War in 1960s Nigeria through the interwoven stories of five characters. It explores themes of love, ethnic allegiances, class, race, moral responsibility, and the end of colonialism, as the lives of a professor, his mistress, her twin sister, and a houseboy are upended by the conflict. The story is a powerful and emotional look at the devastation of war from a personal perspective, highlighting both its horrors and the resilience of the human spirit, says Penguin Random House.