Our favorite feminist Chimamanda is in the news again. This time her novel Half of a Yellow Sun was named among BBC’s 12 greatest novels of the 21st Century.
BBC Culture, in a recent poll of several international best selling novels, choose Half of a Yellow Sun as it's 10th spot on the list of 12.
BBC Culture, in a recent poll of several international best selling novels, choose Half of a Yellow Sun as it's 10th spot on the list of 12.
According to author and criticWalton Muyumba, “Half of a Yellow Sun is a tour de force, artistically and intellectually.It is also a serious political novel about love in wartime”
Set amidst the Biafran War, Half of a Yellow Sun explores the effects of the war on the newly independent nation.
Also highly ranked was Chimamanda's 2013 novel, Americanah, which very narrowly missed out on the top 12 spot but, was later unveiled as the 13th spot among the extended top 20 list on the critics poll.
To see the full list, click BBC Culture Page.
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