I just finished Things Fall Apart and I can't believe how good it was, even better than The Dance of the Lizard's Tale. I'm surprised nobody talks about it. I wish they had made us read this instead of Beloved or Blue Eye. What did you think about it? Maybe they should hve censored the parts where Okwonkwo disciplines his wives and stands up for his traditions but then the ending was amazing but also heartbreaking. The egwugwu were terrifying. Does he have other books worth reading?
yeah bro this is a trilogy, read the other two books as well. doesnt get better than thigs fall apart imo but both are good, specially the third. cool that you brought achebe, dont remember if I ever saw a thread about him before
>>24701507>In 1957 he sent his only copy of his handwritten manuscript (along with the £22 fee) to a London manuscript typing service he had seen an advertisement for in The Spectator. He did not receive a reply from the typing service, so he asked his boss at the NBS, Angela Beattie, to visit the company during her travels to London. She did, and angrily demanded to know why the manuscript was lying ignored in the corner of the office. The company quickly sent a typed copy to Achebe. Beattie's intervention was crucial for his ability to continue as a writer.[41] Had the novel been lost, he later said, "I would have been so discouraged that I would probably have given up altogether." The next year Achebe sent his novel to the agent recommended by Gilbert Phelps in London.[42][43] It was sent to several publishing houses; some rejected it immediately, claiming that fiction from African writers had no market potential.
>>24701523damn good job ms. Beattie maam
It was required reading in my senior year of high school. I didn't much care for it.
Now I want to eat foofoo. It sounds delicious.
>The Dance of the Lizard's TaleWhy do you retards keep doing this? If you've read it, post a thread and we'll talk about it.
>>24701521This and also check out A Man of the People, it's quite good
