Comments on: Biafran Yellow Sun

By: smrti

smrti — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:29:22 +0000

Hello yoursurprise-bellatio-3 ,
Thanks for all those nice words. Please do go through the posts when you have enough time! Cheers!

By: yoursurprise-bellatio-3

yoursurprise-bellatio-3 — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:56:30 +0000

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By: smrti

smrti — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:59:26 +0000

Thanks Amit. I went through your blog as well………That’s quite an academic review of the book! Will return to your blog again.

By: smrti

smrti — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 16:11:24 +0000

Thanks Amit. It is an interesting point about “coming of age in war”.
I have heard about Funny Boy. Now I would try to get a copy myself.

By: amit mukerjee

amit mukerjee — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:39:41 +0000

I too found Yellow Sun spellbinding. Indeed, there is a genre of sorts emerging, what may be called the “coming of age in war” novel, a followup from Gone with the Wind and War and Peace.
A South Asian book reflecting the Sri Lankan Tamil experience, set in a gay man’s coming of age story, is Funny Boy by Shyam Selvadurai.

You may want to read / link these excerpts for an Indian oriented review for Yellow Sun:
http://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/~amit/books/adichie-2006-half-of-yellow.html

amit mukerjee

By: bindu

bindu — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:52:50 +0000

hey smrti,
glad you liked it! the author’s last name is adichie, right?
i also finished it in one breath. do let me know of other books you liked. i am reading meenakshi madhavan’s book. not recommended, though!

By: Reena Raj

Reena Raj — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:01:28 +0000

Smrti, Of course it gives a food for thought. It’s a fact that ‘there are always bigger tragedies happening any minute’… and it’s also true that only when it happens to us, we realize its depth. Seems to be an inspiring book. Will definitely read it…

By: Sukhi

Sukhi — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:40:20 +0000

smrti, I think I can relate to this..have just started a project on ‘Armed conflicts and its impact on women’. Have been reading all that you ‘ve mentioned in your review. It could be quite disturbing to see such plight of women and children.

Will definitely read the book.
Also I want to tell you, if you could get to watch the movie, ‘Tears of the Sun’..

The movie has depicted war and women so well that I couldn’t stop my tears while watching.

By: Smrti

Smrti — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:36:31 +0000

Jenny,
This is a book highly praised by Achebe and Ngozi is usually considered, though I don’t prefer the comparison, the next Achebe in making. She herself acknowledges Achebe’s inspiration in the book. It would indeed be interesting to look at both. I havnt completely read Achebe yet.

By: jenny

jenny — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:50:12 +0000

smriti, i have heard of this book and never got to read it. i am teaching chinua achebe, who also write about the igbo people – things fall apart – have u read it – it would be interesting it to look at both these writing. waiting to read it. thanks for the post – jenny