{"product_id":"there-was-a-country-chinua-achebe-9780143124030","title":"There Was a Country: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the legendary author of \u003ci\u003eThings Fall Apart\u003c\/i\u003e--a long-awaited memoir of coming of age in a fragile new nation, and its destruction in a tragic civil war\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than forty years, Chinua Achebe maintained a considered silence on the events of the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War, of 1967-1970, addressing them only obliquely through his poetry. Decades in the making, \u003ci\u003eThere Was a Country \u003c\/i\u003eis a towering account of one of modern Africa's most disastrous events, from a writer whose words and courage left an enduring stamp on world literature. A marriage of history and memoir, vivid firsthand observation and decades of research and reflection, \u003ci\u003eThere Was a Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a work whose wisdom and compassion remind us of Chinua Achebe's place as one of the great literary and moral voices of our age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chinua Achebe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 014312403X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143124030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/10\/2013 pg. 56","brand":"Chinua Achebe","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44047259926783,"sku":"9780143124030","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_470faf9d-f084-457c-bb77-14c9baf8f8dc.jpg?v=1684989180","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/there-was-a-country-chinua-achebe-9780143124030","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}