Home and Exile

Nonfiction, History, Africa, Biography & Memoir, Literary
Cover of the book Home and Exile by Chinua Achebe, Oxford University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Chinua Achebe ISBN: 9780190285555
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: July 27, 2000
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Chinua Achebe
ISBN: 9780190285555
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: July 27, 2000
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

Chinua Achebe is Africa's most prominent writer, the author of Things Fall Apart, the best known--and best selling--novel ever to come out of Africa. His fiction and poetry burn with a passionate commitment to political justice, bringing to life not only Africa's troubled encounters with Europe but also the dark side of contemporary African political life. Now, in Home and Exile, Achebe reveals the man behind his powerful work. Here is an extended exploration of the European impact on African culture, viewed through the most vivid experience available to the author--his own life. It is an extended snapshot of a major writer's childhood, illuminating his roots as an artist. Achebe discusses his English education and the relationship between colonial writers and the European literary tradition. He argues that if colonial writers try to imitate and, indeed, go one better than the Empire, they run the danger of undervaluing their homeland and their own people. Achebe contends that to redress the inequities of global oppression, writers must focus on where they come from, insisting that their value systems are as legitimate as any other. Stories are a real source of power in the world, he concludes, and to imitate the literature of another culture is to give that power away. Home and Exile is a moving account of an exceptional life. Achebe reveals the inner workings of the human conscience through the predicament of Africa and his own intellectual life. It is a story of the triumph of mind, told in the words of one of this century's most gifted writers.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Chinua Achebe is Africa's most prominent writer, the author of Things Fall Apart, the best known--and best selling--novel ever to come out of Africa. His fiction and poetry burn with a passionate commitment to political justice, bringing to life not only Africa's troubled encounters with Europe but also the dark side of contemporary African political life. Now, in Home and Exile, Achebe reveals the man behind his powerful work. Here is an extended exploration of the European impact on African culture, viewed through the most vivid experience available to the author--his own life. It is an extended snapshot of a major writer's childhood, illuminating his roots as an artist. Achebe discusses his English education and the relationship between colonial writers and the European literary tradition. He argues that if colonial writers try to imitate and, indeed, go one better than the Empire, they run the danger of undervaluing their homeland and their own people. Achebe contends that to redress the inequities of global oppression, writers must focus on where they come from, insisting that their value systems are as legitimate as any other. Stories are a real source of power in the world, he concludes, and to imitate the literature of another culture is to give that power away. Home and Exile is a moving account of an exceptional life. Achebe reveals the inner workings of the human conscience through the predicament of Africa and his own intellectual life. It is a story of the triumph of mind, told in the words of one of this century's most gifted writers.

More books from Oxford University Press

Cover of the book Partners for Democracy by Chinua Achebe
Cover of the book Calvin's Company of Pastors by Chinua Achebe
Cover of the book Feminist Perspectives on Social Work Practice by Chinua Achebe
Cover of the book Johannes Kepler by Chinua Achebe
Cover of the book The US Special Forces by Chinua Achebe
Cover of the book Men and Women in Interaction by Chinua Achebe
Cover of the book Resistance: Jews and Christians Who Defied the Nazi Terror by Chinua Achebe
Cover of the book Measuring Wellbeing by Chinua Achebe
Cover of the book Reason in a Dark Time by Chinua Achebe
Cover of the book Cajun Breakdown by Chinua Achebe
Cover of the book City Girls by Chinua Achebe
Cover of the book The School for Scandal and Other Plays by Chinua Achebe
Cover of the book Subversive Spiritualities by Chinua Achebe
Cover of the book The Third Disestablishment by Chinua Achebe
Cover of the book The Unfamiliar Abode by Chinua Achebe
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy