Half of a Yellow Sun

图书标准信息

• 作者 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins UK
• 出版时间 2007-05
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780007200283
• 定价 81.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 448页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

In1960sNigeria,acountryblightedbycivilwar,threelivesintersect.Ugwu,aboyfromapoorvillage,worksasahouseboyforauniversityprofessor.Olanna,ayoungwoman,hasabandonedherlifeofprivilegeinLagostolivewithhercharismaticnewlover,theprofessor.AndRichard,ashyEnglishwriter,isinthralltoOlanna’senigmatictwinsister.AsthehorrificBiafranWarengulfsthem,theyarethrowntogetherandpulledapartinwaystheyhadneverimagined.ChimamandaNgoziAdichie’smasterpiece,winneroftheOrangePrizeforFiction,isanovelaboutAfricainawidersense:abouttheendofcolonialism,ethnicallegiances,classandrace–andaboutthewaysinwhichlovecancomplicateallofthesethings.

【作者简介】

ChimamandaNgoziAdichiewasborninNigeriain1977.Herfirstnovel,'PurpleHibiscus'(2003),waslonglistedfortheBookerPrizeandshortlistedfortheOrangePrizeforFiction.Hersecondnovel,'HalfofaYellowSun'(2007),wontheOrangePrizeforFiction.Hershortstorycollection,'TheThingAroundYourNeck',waspublishedtocriticalacclaimin2009.HerworkhasbeenselectedbytheCommonwealthBroadcastingAssociationandtheBBCShortStoryAwardsandhasappearedinvariousliterarypublications,including'Granta','Zoetrope'and'TheIowaReview'.ShelivesinNigeria.