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Anthills of the Savannah

by Chinua Achebe

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ISBN13: 9780385260459
ISBN10: 0385260458
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Using the conflict between the city and tribal villages, the ravages of the great African drought, and Third World politics as a compelling backdrop, Achebe weaves a potent drama of modern Africa.

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"Achebe has written a story that sidesteps both ideologies of the African experience and political agendas, in order to lead us to a deeply human universal wisdom." — Washington Post Book World.

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"[Anthills Of The Savannah] has wonderful satiric moments and resounds with big African laughter." — The New York Review Of Books.

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"Achebe moves effortlessly... creating a flurry of perspectives from which his story's dramatic and disturbing events are scrutinized. Anthills Of The Savannah... will prove hard to forget. It's a vision of social change that strikes us with the force of prophecy" — USA Today.
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The book is a political satire centred on the fictitious state of Kangan. It revolves around the men in power and their associates. For the first time, an author has written on the upper people while making everything sound a bit casual.
The man does it again and reading the book cannot and never will be regretted.
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ISBN:
9780385260459
Author:
Achebe, Chinua
Publisher:
Anchor Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Africa
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Political
Subject:
Politics and government
Subject:
Political fiction
Subject:
Africa, central
Subject:
Africa, Central Politics and government.
Copyright:
1988
Series Volume:
65
Publication Date:
February 1997
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
800x524x59 41
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