No Longer at Ease
by:
Chinua Achebe (author)
The story of a man whose foreign education has separated him from his African roots and made him parts of a ruling elite whose corruption he finds repugnant. More than thirty years after it was first written, this novel remains a brilliant statement on the challenges still facing African society.
The story of a man whose foreign education has separated him from his African roots and made him parts of a ruling elite whose corruption he finds repugnant. More than thirty years after it was first written, this novel remains a brilliant statement on the challenges still facing African society.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780385474559 (0385474555)
ASIN: 385474555
Publish date: September 16th 1994
Publisher: Anchor
Pages no: 194
Edition language: English
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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