A Man of the People
by:
Chinua Achebe (author)
By the renowned 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 the two worlds.
By the renowned 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 the two worlds.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780385086165 (0385086164)
ASIN: 385086164
Publish date: January 19th 1989
Publisher: Anchor
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Politics,
Contemporary,
African Literature
It took me about halfway through to stop trying to read it as a Western novel and read Odili as a character by and for Africans. As is often the case, there were many references I'm sure I didn't get and the use of the local languages was a challenge for my understanding but not necessarily enjoymen...
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