- Nigerian Authors, Personal narratives, History, Biography
Achebe's long-awaited account of coming of age during the defining experience of his life: the Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Biafran War of 1967-1970.
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- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Chinua Achebe
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 352
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd, Chinua Achebe, Penguin Press
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781846147920
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Africa's most famous and illustrious black novelist. Nigerian born writer of powerful fiction, poetry, literary criticism, and children's books
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