Africa's Tarnished Name

He needed to hear Africa speak for itself after a lifetime of hearing Africa spoken about by othersbr>br>Electrifying essays on the history, complexity, diversity of a continent, from the father of modern African literature.br>br>Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York''s underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.>

Product details

• Authors: Chinua Achebe
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2018
• EAN: 9780241338834
• ISBN: 978-0-241-33883-4
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 113 mm x 161 mm x 6 mm
• Series: Modern Classics; Penguin Modern; Penguin Classics; Penguin Modern
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Contemporary literature (from 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Africa, LITERARY CRITICISM / African, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / General, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Social discrimination and social justice, things fall apart; african history