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Chinua Achebe

1930 - 2013

Africa's most famous and illustrious black novelist. Nigerian born writer of powerful fiction, poetry, literary criticism, and children's books

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  • Cover of: Things Fall Apart

    First published in 1958 92 editions in 9 languages — 23 previewable Cover of edition lemondeseffondre0000ache Cover of edition eenwereldvaltuit0000ache Cover of edition nlsiu.823.ach.38556 Cover of edition bwb_KS-153-550 Cover of edition thingsfallaparts0000chin Cover of edition thingsfallapartp0000unse Cover of edition thingsfallapart0000ache_k1k4 Cover of edition thingfallapart0000unse Cover of edition thingsfallapart00ache
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  • Cover of: Things Fall Apart by Steiner, Rudolf, Achebe, Chinua Paperback

    First published in 1959 1 edition
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  • Cover of: No Longer at Ease

    First published in 1960 40 editions in 2 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition nolongeratease00ache Cover of edition nolongerateas00ache
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  • Cover of: No longer at ease

    First published in 1962 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The sacrificial egg: and other short stories.

    First published in 1962 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Arrow of God.

    First published in 1964 25 editions in 2 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition arrowofgod00ache Cover of edition isbn_9780385014809 Cover of edition arrowofgod00acherich
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  • Cover of: מפולת באומואופיה

    First published in 1965 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Boża strzała

    First published in 1966 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A man of the people

    First published in 1966 35 editions in 3 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition manofpeople0000unse Cover of edition manofpeople00ache Cover of edition manofpeoplenovel00ache
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  • Cover of: Chike and the River

    First published in 1966 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The African assertion: a critical anthology of African literature

    First published in 1968 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition africanassertion0000unse Cover of edition africanassertion00shel
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  • Cover of: Ish ha-ʻam

    First published in 1969 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The insider; stories of war and peace from Nigeria

    First published in 1971 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Beware Soul Brother

    First published in 1971 9 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Girls at war, and other stories.

    First published in 1972 14 editions in 3 languages — 4 previewable Cover of edition girlsatwarothers0000ache Cover of edition girlsatwarothers0000ache_y3x5 Cover of edition faujilarhkiyanta00ache
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  • Cover of: How leopard got his claws

    First published in 1972 9 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Christmas in Biafra and other poems.

    First published in 1973 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Modern stories in English

    First published in 1975 3 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition modernstoriesine0000neww Cover of edition modernstoriesine0000unse_y8b1
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  • Cover of: Morning Yet on Creation Day

    First published in 1975 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: In person--Achebe, Awoonor, and Soyinka at the University of Washington

    First published in 1975 1 edition in 1 language
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Subjects
Fiction, meaning of love, selfhood, freedom, short story, self-fulfilment, Literature, History, Classic Literature, Juvenile audience, American Civil War, Confederate States of America, Union, civil war, hanging, Collections, Imagination, Short Stories, Louisiana Creoles, racism, Short stories, miscegenation, quadroons, short stories, Children's fiction
Places
Mallard residence, United States, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, Nigeria, Louisiana, L’Abri, Massachusetts, New England, Salem Village, Jefferson, Mississippi, Yoknapatawpha County, Africa, Araby, North Richmond Street, Araby bazaar, Ireland, New York, Wall Street, Amazon rainforest, Caribbean, Galway, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet
People
Brently Mallard, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Richards, Peyton Farquhar, Armand Aubigny, Désirée, La Blanche, Sandrine, Madame Valmont, Devil, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Tobe, Mangan's sister, Fortunato, Lady Fortunato, Luchresi, Montresor, Bartleby
Time
19th century, Antebellum era, 1861-65, 1861-1865, 1600s, 20th century, Carnival, Civil War, 1861-1865, Civil War, 1960-, Civil War, 1967-1970, late 19th century, 1950's, 1984-1993, Siglo XX, TwentiethCentury

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Alternative names

  • Achebe, Chinua.
  • CHINUA ACHEBE
  • Chinua Achebe.
  • chinua achebe, Achebe Chinua
  • ACHEBE CHINUA
  • Achebe
  • C Achebe
  • Achebe Chinua
  • Chinwe Achebe

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March 11, 2024 Edited by Lisa merge authors
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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import