Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie knows what is at stake, and what to do about it. It's a searing history lesson in fictional form, intensely evocative and immensely absorbing." -"Publishers Weekly "(starred review) "We do not usually associate wisdom with beginners, but here is a new writer endowed with the gift of ancient storytellers. This is a transcendent novel of many descriptive triumphs, most notably its depiction of the impact of war's brutalities on peasants and intellectuals alike. But this dramatic, intelligent epic has its lush and sultry side as well. That period in African history is captured with haunting intimacy in this artful page-turner from Nigerian novelist Adichie.Tumultuous politics power the plot, and several sections are harrowing. "Profoundly gripping.When the Igbo people of eastern Nigeria seceded in 1967 to form the independent nation of Biafra, a bloody, crippling civil war followed.
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