by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · Editions Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070421435
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«L'autre moitié du soleil» is the novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, published by Editions Gallimard in paperback (672 pages, in French).
Set in Lagos in the 1960s, it follows twin sisters Olanna and Kainene: Olanna falls in love with Odenigbo, an idealistic intellectual, while Kainene gets involved with Richard, a British journalist. Through the eyes of Ugwu, a boy from the countryside, it shows how Biafra's independence and the war transform those lives.
The French translation is by Mona de Pracontal and the work was recognized with the Orange Prize for Fiction.
For readers of literary and historical fiction and for book clubs interested in the history of Nigeria and the Biafran conflict.
