Yet, this idea does also have obvious complications. There’s a different kind of truth to be found in how he describes the downhill rush of skiing, the taste of Spanish red wine, or how it feels to know you’ve lost the love of your life. Write the truest sentence that you know.” It doesn’t matter that Papa sat there and made things up. We all understand what Hemingway meant when he explained how he produced fiction: “All you have to do is write one true sentence.
We accept that fiction tells us the truth, even if that’s a contradiction in terms. It’s here that the definition of truth becomes complicated. It has helped hundreds of thousands of people understand a situation that has been largely forgotten, while telling a story that feels truthful – but is also clearly a work of fiction. Both in Nigeria and around the world, it was many people’s introduction to the Biafran conflict.
Among other things, Half of a Yellow Sun is one of the great truth-telling novels.
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