Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays
by Chinua Achebe
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- ISBN 10
- 038541479X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385414791
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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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- Powell's Bookstores Chicago (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BR25941
- Title
- Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays
- Author
- Chinua Achebe
- Book Condition
- New Used - Like New
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 038541479X
- ISBN 13
- 9780385414791
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- September 1, 1990
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