There Was a Country - by Chinua Achebe (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"First published in the United States of America by Viking Penguin, a member of Penguin Groups (USA) Inc., 2012"--Title page verso.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>From the legendary author of <i>Things Fall Apart</i>--a long-awaited memoir of coming of age in a fragile new nation, and its destruction in a tragic civil war</b> <p/>For more than forty years, Chinua Achebe maintained a considered silence on the events of the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War, of 1967-1970, addressing them only obliquely through his poetry. Decades in the making, <i>There Was a Country </i>is a towering account of one of modern Africa's most disastrous events, from a writer whose words and courage left an enduring stamp on world literature. A marriage of history and memoir, vivid firsthand observation and decades of research and reflection, <i>There Was a Country</i> is a work whose wisdom and compassion remind us of Chinua Achebe's place as one of the great literary and moral voices of our age.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Foreign Policy Must Read 2012 by Books from Global Thinkers</b> <p/>"Chinua Achebe's history of Biafra is a meditation on the condition of freedom. It has the tense narrative grip of the best fiction. It is also a revelatory entry into the intimate character of the writer's brilliant mind and bold spirit. Achebe has created here a new genre of literature in which politico-historical evidence, the power of story-telling, and revelations from the depths of the human subconscious are one. The event of a new work by Chinua Achebe is always extraordinary; this one exceeds all expectation."--Nadine Gordimer, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature<p>"A fascinating and gripping memoir." --<i>The Wall Street Journal</i></p><p>"<i>There Was a Country </i>ought to be essential reading...an eclectic range of insights and fascinating anecdotes."--<i>Financial Times</i></p><p>"Achebe writes in a characteristically modest fashion...Like much of Achebe's other work, this book about the progress of war and the presence of violence has a universal quality. In a world where sectarian hatreds augmented by political mediocrity have fractured Syria and threaten to bring Israel and Iran to blows, <i>There Was a Country</i> is a valuable account of how the suffering caused by war is both unnecessary and formative."--<i>Newsweek</i> <p/>Memoir and history are brought together by a master storyteller.<br>--<i>The Guardian</i></p><p> </p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Chinua Achebe </b>(1930-2013)<b> </b>was born in Nigeria. Widely considered to be the father of modern African literature, he is best known for his masterful African Trilogy, consisting of <i>Things Fall Apart, Arrow of God</i>, and <i>No Longer at Ease</i>. The trilogy tells the story of a single Nigerian community over three generations from first colonial contact to urban migration and the breakdown of traditional cultures. He is also the author of <i>Anthills of the Savannah</i>, <i>A Man of the People</i>, <i>Girls at War</i> <i>and Other Stories</i>, <i>Home and Exile</i>, <i>Hopes and Impediments</i>, <i>Collected Poems</i>, <i>The Education of a British-Protected Child</i>, <i>Chike and the River</i>, and <i>There Was a Country</i>. He was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University and, for more than fifteen years, was the Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College. Achebe was the recipient of the Nigerian National Merit Award, Nigeria's highest award for intellectual achievement. In 2007, Achebe was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement.
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