TALES OF WAR FOR THE ‘THIRD GENERATION’: CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE’S HALF OF A YELLOW SUN

As leading figure of a burgeoning ‘third generation’ of Nigerian writers (Adesanmi & Dunton 2005), Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie raised to international fame in 2007 after winning the Orange Prize for Fiction with her novel on the Biafra war, Half of a Yellow Sun. This paper aims at investigating ho...

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Published in:	Le Simplegadi
Main Author:	Serena Guarracino
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Udine 2015-11-01
Online Access:	https://le-simplegadi.it/article/view/1222

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