Biafran Yellow Sun
September 18th, 2008 Filed Under Book Review, Research
A book which you want to read again and again. At the same time, you don’t want to read again for a false fear of losing your first impression. Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi is that book.
A camp during civil war - The writer gathered it during her research for the book.
Very sensitive characterization, deliberate mix up of calendar in plot, Biafrian history that has to be told again and again, politics that invariably interlaces with the personal, old world superstitions, post colonial anger, intense moments of pain and helplessness, stoic resistance, love, betrayal, lust,
Luckily I was unaware of the huge hype the book had got. The book caught me unawares. I often stopped reading to take a break and to let it settle, but always wanted to come back fast to see what happened next. The book kept of taunting me for a long time. I searched the Net and went through some of the horrifying disturbing pictures of Biafran war that caused billions of deaths in war or hunger. Thanks, Chimamanda Ngozi.
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