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Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Category: Fiction
From the award-winning author of "Purple Hibiscus" comes this masterly, haunting new novel, in which Adichie recreates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria during the 1960s.
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Category: Fiction
WINNER OF THE BAILEYS PRIZE BEST OF THE BEST Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007, this is a heartbreaking, exquisitely written literary masterpiece Ugwu, a boy from a poor village, works as a houseboy for a university professor. Olanna, a young woman, has abandoned her life of privileg ...Show more
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Category: Fiction
Winner of the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction 2007, this is a heartbreaking, exquisitely written literary masterpiece.
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Category: Fiction
Half of a Yellow Sun is set in Nigeria in the 1960s, at the time of a vicious civil war in which a million people died, and thousands were massacred in cold blood. The three main characters in the novel get swept up in the violence during these turbulent years. One is a young boy from a poor village who ...Show more
Half of a Yellow Sun (4th Estate Matchbook Classics) by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Category: Fiction | Series: 4th Estate Matchbook Classics Ser.
A heartbreaking, exquisitely written masterpiece. One of the ten books - novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography - that make up our Matchbook Classics' series, a stunningly redesigned collection of some of the best loved titles on our backlist. In 1960s Nigeria, three lives intersect. Ugwu, a boy ...Show more
Mama's Sleeping Scarf by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (writing as Nwa Grace-James)
Category: Children's
A joyful exploration of family life, written by one of the most outstanding contemporary authors of our generation. This beautiful family story follows a young girl called Chino as she plays with her mama’s sleeping scarf through the day. Running with the scarf, Chino weaves together little incidentals ...Show more
Matchbook Classics Box Set by J.g. Ballard; Lorna Sage; Jean-Dominque Bauby; Penelope Fitzgerald; Jonathan Franzen; Hilary Mantel; Alexander Masters; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Tim O'Brien; Annie Proulx
Category: Fiction
Collected here in a stunning box set, these ten books - novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography - that make up our Matchbook Classics' series, a beautifully redesigned collection of some of the best loved titles on our backlist. In the mid-twentieth century, the matchbox industry was booming. Com ...Show more
NOTES ON GRIEF 6 COPY PACK by Ngozi Adichie, Chimamanda
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit
Pack contains: 6 x 9780008470302 Notes On Grief
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Category: Languages and Reference
A personal and powerful essay on loss from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. 'Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much grief is about l ...Show more
Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Category: Languages and Reference
A devastating essay on loss and the people we love from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun. 'Grief is a cruel kind of education. You learn how ungentle mourning can be, how full of anger. You learn how glib condolences can feel. You learn how much gri ...Show more
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Category: Fiction | Series: Collins Modern Classics Ser.
A haunting tale of an Africa and an adolescence undergoing tremendous changes from the talented bestseller and award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.Fifteen-year-old Kambili's world is circumscribed by the high walls of her family compound and the frangipani trees she can see from her bedroom wi ...Show more