Home And Exile

A moving account of an exceptional life and a piercing critique of imperialism, Home and Exile is above all a book that articulates persuasively why literature matters. Achebe challenges the West''s portrayal of Africa in its culture and how this portrayal has been used to advance colonialism. Stories are a real source of power in the world, and Achebe proves that to imitate the literature of another culture is to give that power away. Incisive, illuminating and intimate, this book by one of Africa''s most influential writers also offers readers a rare insight into his personal life and education.

About the author

Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) was born in Nigeria and, in a long and distinguished career, has published novels, stories, essays and poems. Cited in the Sunday Times as one of the '1,000 Makers of the Twentieth Century' for defining 'a modern African literature that was truly African' and thereby making 'a major contribution to world literature'. Achebe has received more than 30 honorary doctorates from universities around the world. In 2007 he was awarded the Booker International Prize.

Product details

• Authors: Chinua Achebe
• Publisher: Canongate Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 09.03.2028
• EAN: 9781786896131
• ISBN: 978-1-78689-613-1
• No. of pages: 128
• Series: Canons
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Nigeria, Biography: literary, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, Colonialism & imperialism, Colonialism and imperialism, Literary studies: post-colonial literature, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: postcolonial literature