HalfofaYellowSun
- 作者
- 出版社 RandomHouseInc
- 出版时间 2006年9月
- ISBN 9781400044160
- 定价 236.40
内容简介
Amasterly，hauntingnewnovelfromawriterheraldedbyTheWashingtonPostBookWorldas?the21st-centurydaughterofChinuaAchebe，?HalfofaYellowSunre-createsaseminalmomentinmodernAfricanhistory：Biafra?simpassionedstruggletoestablishanindependentrepublicinNigeriainthe1960s，andthechillingviolencethatfollowed.???????????Withastonishingempathyandtheeffortlessgraceofanaturalstoryteller，ChimamandaNgoziAdichieweavestogetherthelivesofthreecharacterssweptupintheturbulenceofthedecade.Thirteen-year-oldUgwuisemployedasahouseboyforauniversityprofessorfullofrevolutionaryzeal.Olannaistheprofessor?sbeautifulmistress，whohasabandonedherlifeofprivilegeinLagosforadustyuniversitytownandthecharismaofhernewlover.AndRichardisashyyoungEnglishmaninthralltoOlanna?stwinsister，anenigmaticfigurewhorefusestobelongtoanyone.AsNigeriantroopsadvanceandthethreemustrunfortheirlives，theiridealsareseverelytested，asaretheirloyaltiestooneanother.??????????????????????Epic，ambitious，andtriumphantlyrealized，HalfofaYellowSunisaremarkablenovelaboutmoralresponsibility，abouttheendofcolonialism，aboutethnicallegiances，aboutclassandrace?andthewaysinwhichlovecancomplicatethemall.Adichiebrilliantlyevokesthepromiseandthedevastatingdisappointmentsthatmarkedthistimeandplace，bringingusoneofthemostpowerful，dramatic，andintenselyemotionalpicturesofmodernAfricathatwehaveeverhad.，AnewnovelbytheauthorofPurpleHibiscusdramaticallyre-createsthe1960sstruggleofBiafratoestablishanindependentrepublicinNigeria，followingtheintertwinedlivesofthecharactersthroughamilitarycoup，theBiafransecession，andtheresultingcivilwar.35，000firstprinting.，Re-createsthe1960sstruggleofBiafratoestablishanindependentrepublicinNigeria，followingtheintertwinedlivesofthecharactersthroughamilitarycoup，theBiafransecession，andtheresultingcivilwar.，ChimamandaNgoziAdichieweavestogetherthelivesofthreecharacterssweptupintheturbulenceofthe1960s.Thirteen-year-oldUgwuisemployedasahouseboyforauniversityprofessorfullofrevolutionaryzeal.Olannaistheprofessor'sbeautifulmistress，whohasabandonedherlifeofprivilegeinLagosforadustyuniversitytownandthecharismaofhernewlover.AndRichardisashyyoungEnglishmaninthralltoOlanna'stwinsister，anenigmaticfigurewhorefusestobelongtoanyone.AsNigeriantroopsadvanceandthethreemustrunfortheirlives，theiridealsareseverelytested，asaretheirloyaltiestooneanother.
HalfofaYellowSunisanovelaboutmoralresponsibility，abouttheendofcolonialism，aboutethnicallegiances，aboutclassandrace-andthewaysinwhichlovecancomplicatethemall.Adichieevokesthepromiseandthedevastatingdisappointmentsthatmarkedthistimeandplace.
HalfofaYellowSunisanovelaboutmoralresponsibility，abouttheendofcolonialism，aboutethnicallegiances，aboutclassandrace-andthewaysinwhichlovecancomplicatethemall.Adichieevokesthepromiseandthedevastatingdisappointmentsthatmarkedthistimeandplace.
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