Chinua Achebe

"My favorite novel." —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
“A magical writer—one of the greatest of the twentieth century.” —Margaret Atwood
 
“African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison                   
The second novel in Chinua Achebe’s masterful African trilogy,...

La freccia di Dio, pubblicato nel 1964 a sei anni di distanza da Le cose crollano e Non più tranquilli, rappresenta il completamento della "Trilogia africana" di Chinua Achebe, considerata universalmente il suo capolavoro. Ezeulu è il sacerdote di una divinità che rappresenta l'unità dei sei villaggi di Ulmuaro. È un uomo capace di giudizio e anche di una certa diplomazia, ma la sua autorità sta pian piano venendo meno di fronte alla minaccia...

This engaging summary presents an analysis of Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, which centres on the great warrior and champion wrestler Okonkwo as he deals with the challenges resulting from disagreements in his clan, the arrival of white missionaries in his village and the mounting tension between tradition and modernity. The engaging narrative provides a compelling, immersive portrait of Igbo life in Achebe's native Nigeria and a thoughtful exploration...

Twelve stories by the internationally renowned novelist which recreate with energy and authenticity the major social and political issues that confront contemporary Africans on a daily basis.

A collection of seventeen autobiographical essays.

By the author of Things Fall Apart, this novel foreshadows the Nigerian coups of 1966 and shows the color and vivacity as well as the violence and corruption of a society making its own way between two worlds.