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By: Achebe, Chinua
Price: $4.00
Publisher: ANCHOR: 10/5/2012
Seller ID: 0385086164
ISBN: 0385086164
Condition: USED
By: Achebe, Chinua
Price: $5.00
Publisher: ANCHOR: 1/30/2015
Seller ID: 9780385260459
ISBN: 0385260458
Condition: USED
In the fictional West African nation Kangan, newly independent of British rule, the hopes and dreams of democracy have been quashed by a fierce military dictatorship. Chris Oriko is a member of the cabinet of the president for life, one of his oldest friends. When the president is charged with censoring the oppositionist editor of the state-run newspaper--another childhood friend--Chris's loyalty and ideology are put to the test. The fate of Kangan hangs in the balance as tensions rise and a devious plot is set in motion to silence the firebrand critic. View more info
By: Achebe, Chinua
Price: $5.00
Publisher: ANCHOR: 8/17/2016
Seller ID: 9780385474542
ISBN: 0385474547
Condition: USED
"Things Fall Apart" tells two intertwining stories, both centering on Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first, a powerful fable of the immemorial conflict between the individual and society, traces Okonkwo's fall from grace with the tribal world. The second, as modern as the first is ancient, concerns the clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwo's world with the arrival of aggressive European missionaries. These perfectly harmonized twin dramas are informed by an awareness capable of encompassing at once the life of nature, human history, and the mysterious comp... View more info
By: Achebe, Chinua
Price: $5.00
Publisher: ANCHOR: 8/22/2011
Seller ID: 9780385474559
ISBN: 0385474555
Condition: USED
By: Achebe, Chinua
Price: $7.50
Publisher: EVERYMANS LIBRARY: 9/5/2013
Seller ID: 9780679446231
ISBN: 0679446230
Condition: USED
THINGS FALL APART tells two overlapping, intertwining stories, both of which center around Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first of these stories traces Okonkwo's fall from grace with the tribal world in which he lives, and in its classical purity of line and economical beauty it provides us with a powerful fable about the immemorial conflict between the individual and society. The second story, which is as modern as the first is ancient, and which elevates the book to a tragic plane, concerns the clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwo's world through the ar... View more info
By: Achebe, Chinua
Price: $5.00
Publisher: 3/20/2015
Seller ID: 9780395775592
ISBN: 0395775590
Condition: USED
