Hopes & Impediments
by Chinua Achebe
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385247303
- ISBN 13
- 9780385247306
- Seller
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Wake Forest , North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
First edition/first printing. Tight square spine, no writing, no folded page corners. Some faint age spotting on page edge. Dust jacket clean with no rips. Not a remainder or book club printing.
Synopsis
Chinua Achebe was born in Nigeria in 1930. His first novel, Things Falls Apart , became a classic of international literature and required reading for students worldwide. He also authored four subsequent novels, two short-story collections, and numerous other books. He was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University and, for over 15 years, was the Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College. In 2007, Achebe was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement. He died in 2013.
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- Universe Of Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 240103-20
- Title
- Hopes & Impediments
- Author
- Chinua Achebe
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385247303
- ISBN 13
- 9780385247306
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
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