Die Hälfte der Sonne

Adichie's award-winning African novel is already a world classic. It tells a story of love and betrayal, racism and loyalty, as well as life in the destructive everyday reality of war. In 1960s Nigeria, village boy Ugwu becomes a houseboy for Odenigbo, a leftist intellectual professor, where he learns to read and write. When Odenigbo's new love, Olanna, leaves her privileged life in Lagos to live with him, the three quickly come together as a small family. Richard, an English journalist seeking inspiration for his first book project in Nigeria, falls in love with Olanna's mismatched sister Kainene, who runs the business of their wealthy yet corrupt family. They all face their own struggles and successes, yet share a common hope for an independent Biafra, which emerges in eastern Nigeria in 1967.