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      A Short History of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

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      A Short History of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

      by Terri Ochiagha

      A Short History of Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart

      Terri Ochiagha

      OHIO UNIVERSITY PRESS

      ATHENS

      Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio 45701

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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Names: Ochiagha, Terri, author.

      Title: A short history of Chinua Achebe’s Things fall apart / Terri Ochiagha.

      Other titles: Ohio short histories of Africa.

      Description: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2018. | Series: Ohio short histories of Africa | Includes bibliographical references and index.

      Identifiers: LCCN 2018043018| ISBN 9780821423486 (pb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9780821446546 (pdf)

      Subjects: LCSH: Achebe, Chinua. Things fall apart.

      Classification: LCC PR9387.9.A3 T53643 2018 | DDC 823.914--dc23

      LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018043018

      This book is dedicated to the memory of my beloved

      grandfather,

      Isidro Plaza Prestel,

      who was born on Christmas Eve, 1926,

      and passed away on July 16, 2018.

      El Yayo was my Rock, my Dream Maker.

      To his love and support I owe this book and

      all of my life’s accomplishments.

      He gave me wings to fly, and his example,

      wisdom, and love will forever guide me

      as I fly higher and higher.

       Contents

       List of Illustrations

       Acknowledgments

       Introduction

       Part 1: Turning and Turning in the Widening Gyre

       1. The World of Stories

       2. Encounters with the Colonial Library

       3. The Lost Manuscript and Other Harrowing Adventures

       Part 2: The Blood-Dimmed Tide Is Loosed

       4. First Impressions

       5. Things Fall Apart and Its Critics

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