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Hopes and Impediments by Chinua Achebe

2012-02-22T00:30:00-05:00

Hopes and Impediments Selected Essays
Written by Chinua Achebe

eBook, 208 pages | Anchor | Literary Criticism & Collections - Essays; Literary Criticism & Collections - African | $9.99 | 978-0-307-81646-7 (0-307-81646-X)

One of the most provocative and original voices in contemporary literature, Chinua Achebe here considers the place of literature and art in our society in a collection of essays spanning his best writing and lectures from the last twenty-three years. For Achebe, overcoming goes hand in hand with eradicating the destructive effects of racism and injustice in Western society. He reveals the impediments that still stand in the way of open, equal dialogue between Africans and Europeans, between blacks and whites, but also instills us with hope that they will soon be overcome.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Tropic Moon by Norman Rush

2011-11-23T00:30:00-05:00

Tropic Moon
Written by Georges Simenon
Translated by Marc Romano
Introduction by Norman Rush

eBook | NYRB Classics | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled; Literary Criticism & Collections - African; Fiction - Mystery & Detective | $12.95 | 978-1-59017-562-0 (1-59017-562-X)

Newly translated for this edition.

A young Frenchman, Joseph Timar, travels to Gabon carrying a letter of introduction from an influential uncle. He wants work experience; he wants to see the world. But in the oppressive heat and glare of the equator, Timar doesn’t know what to do with himself, and no one seems inclined to help except Adèle, the hotel owner’s wife, who takes him to bed one day and rebuffs him the next, leaving him sick with desire. But then, in the course of a single night, Adèle’s husband dies and a black servant is shot, and Timar is sure that Adèle is involved. He’ll cover for the crime if she’ll do what he wants. The fix is in. But Timar can’t even begin to imagine how deep.

In Tropic Moon, Simenon, the master of the psychological novel, offers an incomparable picture of degeneracy and corruption in a colonial outpost.

The Anchor Book of Modern African Stories by Nadezda Obradovic

2002-12-03T00:30:00-05:00

The Anchor Book of Modern African Stories
Edited by Nadezda Obradovic

Trade Paperback, 400 pages | Anchor | Fiction - Anthologies (multiple authors); Fiction - Literary; Literary Criticism & Collections - African | $17.95 | 978-0-385-72240-7 (0-385-72240-0)

The Anchor Book of Modern African Stories showcases the most innovative writing to arise from the continent. From internationally recognized authors such as Nigeria’s Ben Okri, to newcomer Leila Aboulela from Sudan, together the contributors offer compelling testimonies of life in the midst of historic upheaval. Rich, dense, and topical, this collection is an indispensable guide to the emerging canon of contemporary African fiction.

Contributors: Tayeb Salih, Henri Lopès, Luis Bernardo Honwana, Njabulo S. Ndebele, Olympe Bhely-Quenum, Sindiwe Magona, Charles Mungoshi, William (Bloke) Modisane, William Saidi, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Tololwa Marti Mollel, Nnadzie F. Inyama, Sembne Ousmane, Mohammed Berrada, Ali Deb, Mohamed Moulessehoul, I.N.C. Aniebo, Dambudzo Marechera, Ken Lipenga, Ibrahim Abdel Megid, Ndeley Mokoso, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Alifa Rifaat, Leila Aboulela, Milly Jafta, Ben Okri, Funso Aiyejina, Farida Karodia, Salwa Bakr, Gaele Sobott-Mogwe, Makuchi, Hama Tuma, Ossie O. Enekwe, Adewale Maja-Pearce.

Hopes and Impediments by Chinua Achebe

1990-09-01T00:30:00-05:00

Hopes and Impediments Selected Essays
Written by Chinua Achebe

Trade Paperback, 208 pages | Anchor | Literary Criticism & Collections - Essays; Literary Criticism & Collections - African | $14.00 | 978-0-385-41479-1 (0-385-41479-X)

Random House New Releases - Literary Criticism & Collections - African

Hopes and Impediments by Chinua Achebe

Hopes and Impediments Selected EssaysWritten by Chinua Achebe

Tropic Moon by Norman Rush

Tropic Moon Written by Georges Simenon Translated by Marc Romano Introduction by Norman Rush

The Anchor Book of Modern African Stories by Nadezda Obradovic

The Anchor Book of Modern African Stories Edited by Nadezda Obradovic

Hopes and Impediments by Chinua Achebe

Hopes and Impediments Selected EssaysWritten by Chinua Achebe

Hopes and Impediments Selected Essays
Written by Chinua Achebe

Tropic Moon
Written by Georges Simenon
Translated by Marc Romano
Introduction by Norman Rush

The Anchor Book of Modern African Stories
Edited by Nadezda Obradovic

Hopes and Impediments Selected Essays
Written by Chinua Achebe