Chinua Achebe

La novela poscolonialista por excelencia: una de las grandes obras del siglo XX. La tragedia personal y colectiva de un poderoso guerrero Ibo que ve cómo todo su mundo se viene abajo con la llegada del hombre blanco. Okonkwo es un gran guerrero, cuya fama se extiende por todo el Çfrica Occidental, pero al matar por accidente a un prohombre de su clan es obligado a expiar su culpa con el sacrificio de su hijastro y el exilio. Cuando por fin puede regresar a su aldea, la encuentra repleta de misioneros y gobernadores britanicos. Su mundo se desmorona, y el no puede mas que precipitarse hacia la tragedia. Esta apasionada parabola sobre un hombre orgulloso que, desamparado, presencia la ruina de su pueblo fue publicada en 1958, y desde entonces ha vendido mas de diez millones de ejemplares en cuarenta y cinco idiomas. Reseña: "Sus solidas obras sobre la vida que fue destruida a consecuencia del mandato colonial son modelicas como reconstrucciones historicas y tambien como pruebas de su maestria estilistica." Wole Soyinka

Obi Okonkwo regresa a Lagos lleno de ideas y nobles principios tras estudiar en Gran Breta a. Pero pronto se ver forzado a moderar sus valores morales y sucumbir a las presiones de la sociedad corrupta de su pa s. Obi Okonkwo es un joven idealista que, gracias a los privilegios de haberse formado en Inglaterra, regresa a Nigeria para trabajar en la administraci n p blica. Sin embargo, se encuentra con un gobierno que opera con maniobras sucias y sobornos. Cuando, para disgusto de sus padres, se enamora de la muchacha equivocada, se sumerge en un caos emocional y econ mico. El dinero f cil es ahora irrechazable, y Obi cae en una trampa de la que le resultar muy dif cil escapar. Rese a:"La literatura africana ser a impensable y estar a incompleta sin las obras de Chinua Achebe. En pasi n, intelecto y prosa cristalina, no hay escritor que lo haya superado."Toni Morrison

Ce formidable roman qui a marqué son époque - au point que le monde anglophone a fêté en 2008 le cinquantenaire de sa parution - a immédiatement inscrit Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) au rang des écrivain

Cunha escrita sobria e irónica, Achebe constrúe unha das novelas máis politicamente abafantes da Literatura. A novela presenta os distintos procesos de intimidación civil e social que é posible exercer, coa maior efectividade, dende os circulos de poder; analiza con frialdade os mecanismos e engrenaxes capaces de sumir un pobo na violencia e corrupcion institucional mais repugnante. Faino a traves da relacion entre dous homes: o xefe Nanga, ministro, e Odili, mestre de escola.Para un lector galegofalante, e consecuentemente bilingue, hai dous aspectos a maiores que converten a lectura en obrigada: o linguistico, dado o enorme respecto que Achebe ten polo plurilinguismo; nesta novela o autor alterna pasaxes en ingles e pidgin, que na traducion ao galego precisaron dun esforzo extra por parte da tradutora. E en segundo lugar, o fondo caciquil, onde salvadas as distancias con respecto a violencia fisica e as caracteristicas especificas de cada pobo, o certo e que as estruturas de corrupcion, hoxe, non son tan diverxentes entre o mundo africano que describe o autor e Galicia.

Tradución do inglés de Saleta Fernández Á súa volta á Nixeria, logo de estudar en Gran Bretaña, Obi Okonkwo intenta seguir os seus nobres ideais e non ceder ante a sociedade corrupta do seu país.

'This is an example of a country that has fallen down; it has collapsed. This house has fallen.' Chinua Achebe Nigeria is one of the most complex and fascinating countries in the world. It is staggeringly diverse, its population (twice that of Britain's) is split into some 300 different ethnic groups and its geography ranges from the dense tropical jungles of the south to the arid Sahel of the north. One in six of all Africans live in Nigeria. This House Has Fallen is both a gripping account of the contemporary crisis in a country seemingly always on the edge of a nervous breakdown and an evocation of the reality of day to day life under impossible circumstances.

This is the classic collection of Chinua Achebe's short fiction, written over twenty years and drawn from literary journals and magazines. The earliest, 'Marriage is a Private Affair' (1952), dates back to his student days at Ibadan, Nigeria, while the latest, 'Sugar Baby' (1972), uses a man's simple obsession with sugar as an allegory of the far greater evil of human behaviour during the time of war. 'Girls at War', the title story, is about the tragic effects of war on the civilian population, in particular on one girl, who sets out with high ideals, which vanish as the war drags on and the need for food replaces the need for ideals. This collection provides an interesting cross-section of Achebe's work and the development of his key themes and distinctive style against the significant historical and political backdrop of Africa in the decades between 1952 and 1972.

From the celebrated author of Things Fall Apart comes a new collection of autobiographical essays_his first new book in more than twenty years.

A frecha de Deus é a historia de Ezeulu, o sumo sacerdote do deus Ulu, un home íntegro e cun gran sentido do deber, mais tamén complexo e cheo de ambigüidades internas, que se aferra ao poder que lle

The more Chike saw the ferry-boats the more he wanted to make the trip to Asaba. But where would he get the money? He did not know. Still, he hoped. Eleven-year-old Chike longs to cross the Niger River to the city of Asaba, but he doesn't have the sixpence he needs to pay for the ferry ride. With the help of his friend S.M.O.G., he embarks on a series of adventures to help him get there. Along the way, he is exposed to a range of new experiences that are both thrilling and terrifying, from eating his first skewer of suya under the shade of a mango tree, to visiting the village magician who promises to double the money in his pocket. Once he finally makes it across the river, Chike realizes that life on the other side is far different from his expectations, and he must find the courage within him to make it home. Chike and the River is a magical tale of boundaries, bravery, and growth, by Chinua Achebe, one of the world's most beloved and admired storytellers.

These lectures, given at Harvard in 1998 by the Nobel Prize-winning Nigerian novelist, cover topics ranging from his own youth and the genesis of his great novel THINGS FALL APART, to the depiction of Africa in English writing, the dangers of rampant multiculturalism, and the even greater dangers of imperialism.