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1	Things Fall Apart more books like this by Chinua Achebe add to wishlist Things do indeed fall apart in the mid-20th-century world of West Africa when the British colonize the country, disrupting the ancient ways of life that have provided meaning and structure for the inhabitants of a rural Ibo village. The hero of the story is Okonwo, a revered community leader and the character Achebe frequently uses as a kind of ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £6.17! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	No Longer at Ease more books like this by Chinua Achebe add to wishlist This early novel portrays the frustrations and disillusions of Obi Okonkwo, a young African educated abroad who tries to hold on to his traditional tribal culture when is encounters the corrupt ruling bureaucracy of his newly-independent country. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Anthills of the Savannah more books like this by Chinua Achebe add to wishlist ANTHILLS OF THE SAVANNAH is a novel about politics in the fictional West African nation of Kanga--a place very much like late 20th-century Nigeria. The military installs an officer as dictator of the country, who gradually becomes more paranoid and despotic until, eventually, he suspects even his oldest friends of disloyalty. Achebe's satiric ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.67! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Arrow of God more books like this by Chinua Achebe add to wishlist Ezeulu, the chief priest of Ulu, has rivals in the tribe, in the white government and even in his own family. Surrounded by trouble, he adopts an increasingly cosmic view of events - surely in the battle of the dieties, he is merely an arrow in the bow of his God? see all copies from £2.79! new only from £9.43! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	A man of the people more books like this by Chinua Achebe add to wishlist As Minister for Culture, the Honourable M. A. Nanga is 'a man of the people', as cynical as he is charming, and a roguish opportunist. At first, the contrast between Nanga and Odili, a former pupil who is visiting the ministry, appears huge. But in the 'eat-and-let-eat' atmosphere, Odili's idealism soon collides with his lusts - and the two men's ... see all copies from £1.25! new only from £9.22! \| first editions
6	African Short Stories more books like this by Chinua Achebe add to wishlist A collection of short stories, mostly portraying the turmoils of life in postcolonial Africa, by the well-known Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe. see all copies from £5.91! new only from £8.87! \| first editions
7	The Trouble with Nigeria more books like this by Chinua Achebe add to wishlist This novel about Nigeria prophesied the 1983 coup. see all copies from £7.47! new only from £9.09!
8	Home and Exile more books like this by Chinua Achebe add to wishlist These lectures, given at Harvard in 1998 by the Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian novelist, cover topics ranging from his own youth and the genesis of his great novel THINGS FALL APART, to the depiction of Africa in English writing, the dangers of rampant multiculturalism, and the even greater dangers of imperialism. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Anthills Of/Savannah more books like this by Chinua Achebe add to wishlist ANTHILLS OF THE SAVANNAH is a novel about politics in the fictional West African nation of Kanga--a place very much like late 20th-century Nigeria. The military installs an officer as dictator of the country, who gradually becomes more paranoid and despotic until, eventually, he suspects even his oldest friends of disloyalty. Achebe's satiric ... see all copies from £6.14! first editions
10	Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays more books like this by Chinua Achebe add to wishlist A collection of essays by the well-known Nigerian novelist. They reflect the broad range of Achebe's interests, examining a variety of political, literary, and social issues. see all copies from £8.30! new only from £8.30! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	Girls at War more books like this by Chinua Achebe add to wishlist A collection of short stories by the well-known Nigerian author. Most describe daily life in postcolonial Africa and portray the social and political stress of newly independent societies attempting to find a balance between ancestral traditions and the demands of modern life. see all copies from £6.23! new only from £8.28!
12	Hopes & Impediments more books like this by Chinua Achebe add to wishlist A collection of essays by the well-known Nigerian novelist. They reflect the broad range of Achebe's interests, examining a variety of political, literary, and social issues. see all copies from £5.60! signed copies \| first editions
13	Another Africa more books like this by Chinua Achebe, Robert Lyons (Photographer) add to wishlist In Another Africa, renowned photographer Rob ert Lyons and internationally acclaimed author Chinua Achebe have joined together to explore the real Africa behind the stereotypes commonly held by Westerners. ' see all copies from £20.26! new only from £20.26!
14 view cover	Dark Laughter by Bradford Morrow (Editor), Walter Abish (Editor), Chinua Achebe (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £5.60! new only from £5.60! \| first editions
15 view cover	Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart more books like this by Chinua Achebe (Editor), Professor Harold Bloom (Editor) add to wishlist -- Presents the most important 20th-century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature -- The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism -- Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index see all copies from £4.77! new only from £4.77! \| first editions
16 view cover	Things Fall Apart: With Related Readings more books like this by Chinua Achebe add to wishlist see all copies from £10.70! new only from £12.65!
17 view cover	Faces of Desire more books like this by Bradford Morrow (Editor), Walter Abish (Editor), Chinua Achebe (Editor) add to wishlist Text by Mary Gaitskill, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Mary Caponegro, Carole Maso, Brian Evenson, Robert Olen Butler, Donald Revell, H.G. Carrillo. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £12.23!
18 view cover	Anchor Book of Modern African Stories more books like this by Nadezda Obradovic (Editor), Chinua Achebe (Foreword by) add to wishlist With a foreword by Chinua Achebe, this volume contains work by 34 of the best writers in Africa today, including Ben Okri, Alifa Rifaat, and Mohammed Berrata. see all copies from £5.70! new only from £6.84!
19 view cover	Conversations with Chinua Achebe more books like this by Chinua Achebe, Bernth Lindfors (Editor) add to wishlist Chinua Achebe's books are being read throughout the Engish-speaking world. They have been translated into more than fifty languages. His publishers estimate that Engish-more than eight million copies of his first novel Things Fall Apart (1958) have been sold. As a consequence, he is the best known and most widely studied African author. His ... see all copies from £8.07! new only from £13.46!
20 view cover	A Writers' Aviary more books like this by Bradford Morrow (Editor), Walter Abish (Editor), Chinua Achebe (Editor) add to wishlist From the mythic phoenix rising from the ashes to the bird of paradise, which, according both to legend and Linnaeus, remained in flight its whole life, birds have set imaginations soaring. The sacred quetzal, the authoritative bald eagle, the wise owl, the gothic raven--there isn't a species that has failed to inspire us symbol-crazy, earthbound ... see all copies from £1.89! new only from £11.80!
21 view cover	The Death Issue: Meditations on the Inevitable more books like this by Bradford Morrow (Editor), Walter Abish (Editor), Chinua Achebe (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £5.79! new only from £10.03!
22 view cover	Another Africa: Photographs by Robert Lyons; Text by Chinua Achebe more books like this by Robert Lyons (Photographer), Chinua Achebe add to wishlist Chinua Achebe provides the text--essay and poems--accompanying Robert Lyons's eloquent photographic exploration of Africa at the end of the 20th century. see all copies from £6.99! new only from £57.24! \| first editions
23 view cover	Girls at War and Other Stories more books like this by Chinua Achebe add to wishlist A collection of short stories by the well-known Nigerian author. Most describe daily life in postcolonial Africa and portray the social and political stress of newly independent societies attempting to find a balance between ancestral traditions and the demands of modern life. see all copies from £5.60! first editions
24	Seneca's Oedipus more books like this by Ted Hughes add to wishlist see all copies from £4.08! new only from £45.10! \| first editions
25 view cover	African Rhapsody more books like this by Nadezda Obradovic (Editor), Nadezda Cbradovic (Editor), Chinua Achebe (Foreword by) add to wishlist An anthology of 25 contemporary African short stories, many of them published in English for the first time. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £8.40! \| first editions

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