ACHEBE CHINUA

(P/B) THINGS FALL APART
Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive. His fame has spread like a bushfire in West Africa and he is one of the most powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show weakness to anyone - even if the only way he can master his feelings is with his fists. When outsiders threaten the traditions of his clan, Okonowo takes violent action. Will the great man's dangerous pride eventually destroy him? (From the publisher)...
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ΜΥΡΜΗΓΚΟΦΩΛΙΕΣ ΣΤΗ ΣΑΒΑΝΑ
Στη φανταστική αφρικανική δικτατορία του Κανγκάν, οι φυλές στην ενδοχώρα υποφέρουν από λειψυδρία. Η Αυτού Εξοχότητα ο Πρόεδρος Σαμ δεν θέλει ν’ ακούσει λέξη σχετικά και σίγουρα όχι να συναντήσει τους εκπροσώπους των δυσαρεστημένων χωρικών. Προέχει η δεξίωση της διακεκριμένης Αμερικανίδας δημοσιογράφου... Η μοναδική εφημερίδα της χώρας, την οποία εκδίδει ο Ικέμ - παιδικός φίλος του Σαμ - ασκεί δριμεία κριτική στην πολιτική αυτή. Και ο Πρόεδρος θέλει να βάλει τον Υπουργό Πληροφοριών, τον Κρις - παιδικό επίσης φίλο και των δυο - να απολύσει τ...
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(H/B) THE AFRICAN TRILOGY
Here, collected for the first time, are the three internationally acclaimed novels that comprise what has come to be known as Chinua Achebe's 'African Trilogy'. In Things Fall Apart, Achebe's first and perhaps best-loved novel, the individual tragedy of Okonkwo, 'strong man' and tribal elder is intertwined with the transformation of traditional Igbo society under the impact of Christianity and colonialism. In No Longer at Ease, his grandson, Obi, educated in England, returns to a civil-service job in colonial Nigeria, only to clash with th...
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(P/B) AN IMAGE OF AFRICA
Beautifully written yet highly controversial, An Image of Africa asserts Achebe's belief in Joseph Conrad as a 'bloody racist' and his conviction that Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness only serves to perpetuate damaging stereotypes of black people. Also included is The Trouble with Nigeria, Achebe's searing outpouring of his frustrations with his country. (From the publisher)...
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(H/B) THINGS FALL APART
Okonkwo, a man of the Ibo tribe in Nigeria at the end of the last century, is a person of substance, character and promise, but he and his people are doomed to be destroyed - both from within the tribe and by the arrival of the white man. (From the publisher)...
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ΤΑ ΠΑΝΤΑ ΓΙΝΟΝΤΑΙ ΚΟΜΜΑΤΙΑ
Στη νιγηριανή φυλή των Ίμπο, ο Οκόνκουο είναι σεβαστός. Δυναμικός -έως βίαιος-, αυτοδημιούργητος, περήφανος, ενσαρκώνει τις αξίες ενός πολιτισμού όπου νόμος είναι οι παραδόσεις της φυλής. Σαν ήρωας αρχαίας τραγωδίας, ο Οκόνκουο γραπώνεται από την εξουσία που έχει πάνω στην οικογένειά του και στη φυλή, γιατί αδυνατεί να αποδεχτεί το μύχιο φόβο του για την αποτυχία και την αδυναμία, ένα φόβο που τον βασάνιζε σε όλη του τη ζωή, με ενδεχόμενο να ακυρώσει την ίδια του την ύπαρξη. Μια σειρά ατυχών περιστατικών τον υποχρεώνει σε εξορία αυτό ορίζ...
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(P/B) THINGS FALL APART
A compelling story of one man's battle to protect his community against the forces of change, the Penguin Classics edition of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is introduced by Biyi Bandele. Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire. But when he accidentally kills a clansman, things begin to fall apart. Then Okonkwo returns from exile to find missionaries and colonial governors have arrived in the village. With his world thrown radically off-balance, he can only hurtle ...
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(P/B) COLLECTED POEMS
Chinua Achebe is one of the founding fathers of African literature in English, a writer of world stature whose novel Things Fall Apart is one of the essential works of the twentieth century. This Collected Poems draws on his three collections of poetry, and includes seven previously unpublished poems; it reveals a lifetime of poetic engagement with politics, war and culture, inherited wisdom and the making of new futures. Achebe's poems are ironic, generous and tender, drawing deep on the Igbo traditions of his African roots, confronting t...
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(P/B) A MAN OF THE PEOPLE
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 personal and political tauntings threaten to send their country into chaos. Published, prophetically, just days before Nigeria's first attempted coup in 1966, A Man of the People is an essential p...
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