{"product_id":"chinua-achebe-4","title":"Chinua Achebe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn imaginative, narratological reading of Chinua Achebe's novels, stories, poetry, and essays through a literary and historical framework.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToyin Falola analyzes fictional and historical cartographies of Africa in Achebe’s literary works to offer a critical representation of Africa's present and future. In particular, he focuses on the historical valuation of a full range of the writer's works – novels including \u003ci\u003eThings Fall Apart\u003c\/i\u003e, but also short stories, poems, and essays – as important materials that have contributed to the political events in Nigeria and, by extension, Africa. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe raw creativity found in Achebe’s stories and his ability to tell the Nigerian story – precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial – have endeared him to many, including readers and those critical of him and his works. \u003ci\u003eChinua Achebe: Narrating Africa in Fictions and History \u003c\/i\u003eanalyzes all of the writer’s works, dwelling on the Nigerian political context upon which many, if not all, of his narratives lie. As a result, it examines methodologies of narration and ideologies that allow his works to resonate with the imagination of Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54247105593688,"sku":"9798765118474","price":27.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9798765118474_3bb27f62-86d2-440b-a0cc-353590a27a49.jpg?v=1778604330","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/chinua-achebe-4","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}