Book guide
Half of a Yellow Sun
Three intertwined lives are swept into the fire of Nigeria’s civil war.
GenresLiteraryHistorical
Genre and trope pairingsLiteraryTragic love storyLiteraryBetrayalLiterarySocial commentaryHistoricalTragic love storyHistoricalBetrayalHistoricalPolitical intrigueHistoricalWar storyHistoricalClass divide
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About Half of a Yellow Sun
In 1960s Nigeria, houseboy Ugwu, professor Odenigbo and privileged Olanna are drawn together as love, politics and war transform their world. A sweeping literary novel about loyalty, survival and the human cost of Biafra.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Medium
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- war
- genocide
- violence
- death
- child death
- sexual assault
- rape
- racism
- gore
