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Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
All that I knew about Half of a Yellow Sun while starting the book was that it was widely acclaimed and it’s set on the ‘Biafran War’. I had no idea what that was beyond it being a war in Africa. The more I read the novel, the more I learned. And the most predominant emotion I felt was the shame of knowing so little about it. Half of a Yellow Sun chronicles the history of Biafra, the birth and demise of a short-lived nation that many like me never even heard of. It’s a war story and it’s heartbreaking. It is not just about the violence and death, but rather the complete collapse of humanity that war brought with it that rattles the most. We often believe in fighting for a just cause, the right and wrong sides in a war, and maybe those are important. But a story like this shows that how the cause and beliefs blur into human suffering and degradation in a war and make even the strongest believer question everything.
I love Adichie’s writing. It’s straightforward in a beautiful way. And I loved how she used the POVs of 3 related yet very different people to tell this story. This book shocked me more than once, shook my faith in humanity, and made me feel grateful to be living in a time of peace, at least for the time being. This book is going to haunt me for a long time.
‘The world was silent when we died.’ - is the title of an unfinished book written by one of the characters in the book. I wonder how many times the world has done that, and how many more are yet to come.
I love Adichie’s writing. It’s straightforward in a beautiful way. And I loved how she used the POVs of 3 related yet very different people to tell this story. This book shocked me more than once, shook my faith in humanity, and made me feel grateful to be living in a time of peace, at least for the time being. This book is going to haunt me for a long time.
‘The world was silent when we died.’ - is the title of an unfinished book written by one of the characters in the book. I wonder how many times the world has done that, and how many more are yet to come.