Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays
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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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:038541479X
ISBN13:9780385414791
Release Date:September 1990
Publisher:Penguin Publishing Group
Length:208 Pages
Weight:0.42 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.2" x 8.1"
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Achebe is a master of thought
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 26 years ago
I read this as part of my required summer reading for my AP English class, and I have only previously encountered Achebe's work in Things Fall Apart. This collection of essays is often thought-provoking, quite debatable, and never dull. In his opening essay on racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness, it will certainly be more interesting if you have read the novel before reading Achebe's comments. Among his other essays, he reflects on the tremendous and underrated value of literature, while also fleshing out details of his Ibo ancestry. The whole of the collection is far greater than the sum of its parts.
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