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| quote: | Originally posted by Lebezniatnikov
A few weeks ago I finally finished The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears (a really good narrative on the life of an immigrant in DC), and have moved on to Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, which is remarkable thusfar.
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Just finished Half of Yellow Sun. I thought it was somewhat good, but it didn't really stand out as spectacular in as much as Egger's "What is the What", which I happened to read right before. I think it's because Half of a Yellow Sun largely focuses on the fictional account of the trials and tribulations of the Biafran upper class during the Nigerian civil war whereas Egger's prose covers the Sudanese Lost Boys in relative contemporary times and is somewhat anchored to actual events. IMO I can identify more with the characters from Half of a Yellow Sun, but What is the What is a far more powerful novel when it comes to prose and emotional evocation.
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