Heimkehr in fremdes Land
by:
Chinua Achebe (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9783518413838 (351841383X)
Publish date: September 1st 2002
Publisher: Suhrkamp
Pages no: 220
Edition language: Deutsch
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
Contemporary,
African Literature
Series: The African Trilogy (#2)
Really enjoyed this instalment in the African Trilogy. It's set in a more "modern" scene than the others (1950s) which I could relate to better but it also flowed quite easily and was a fair bit shorter. And I like how it linked to the others but not in an overly dominating way.
Obi Okonkwo returns to Nigeria after attending school in England and goes to work in the public service. At first he is contemptuous of the rampant government corruption, but constant money troubles and debt gradually erode his convictions. An interesting look both at life in colonial Africa and a...
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