This is one of the best book i ever read and the first Novel i read a bout Africa.The writer engaged me to be a seeker of truth, and reality while I enjoy a magnificence piece of art. When I read I just feel the music of her smooth language touch my ears and spread pleasure everywhere. i loved even her speeches as she was taking about the relationship between love and war .


“I wrote this novel because I wanted to write about love and war, and in particular because I grew up in the shadow of Biafra,” says Adichie. “Both my grandfathers were killed in the Nigeria-Biafra war, and I wanted to engage with that history in order to start a conversation about the war – which is still hardly discussed in Nigeria,” she says. “It is a personal issue – my father has tears in his eyes when he speaks of losing his father, my mother still cannot speak at length about losing her father in a refugee camp.”



Qoutes :


" of course my government knowns people are dying, the redhead said. " people are dying in sudan and palestine and Vientnam. People are dying everywhere"


"Finally , before he fell asleep, Moliere's words came to him , strangely comforting : Unbroken happiness is a bore;it should have ups and downs"



Courageous Author



كتاب ممتع ومميز وسيرة تاريخية رائعة تحكي القصة المجهولة عن حرب السبعينات في نيجيريا وخفايا استقتها الكاتبة من جدها وحياة أسرتها