{"product_id":"chinua-achebe-toyin-falola-9798765118474","title":"Chinua Achebe: Narrating Africa in Fictions and History","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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Toyin Falola\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798765118474\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.80w x 0.90d","brand":"Toyin Falola","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431496569087,"sku":"9798765118474","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f5e89f6-7e10-46a3-8a9e-aad2d244b79a.jpg?v=1735141512","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/chinua-achebe-toyin-falola-9798765118474","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}