- Political Fiction, Fiction, Politics and government, Africa, fiction
Using the conflict between the city and tribal villages, the ravages of the great African drought, and Third World politics as a compelling backdrop, Achebe weaves a potent drama of modern Africa.
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- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
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About the book
- Author
- Chinua Achebe, Etienne Galle
- First published
- 1987
- Pages
- 224
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited, Tandem Library, Debolsillo
- Editions
- 21
- Language
- English, Dutch, French
- ISBN
- 9780434006045
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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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