wyszukanych pozycji: 39
Things Fall Apart: Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah
ISBN: 9780679446231 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. THINGS FALL APART tells two overlapping, intertwining stories, both of which center around Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first of these stories traces Okonkwo's fall from grace with the tribal world in which he lives, and in its classical purity of line and economical beauty it provides us with a powerful fable about the immemorial conflict between the individual and society. The second story, which is as modern as the first is ancient, and which elevates the book to a tragic plane, concerns the clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwo's world through the...
THINGS FALL APART tells two overlapping, intertwining stories, both of which center around Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The f...
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117,65 zł |
Things Fall Apart
ISBN: 9780385474542 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20...Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Afri... |
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65,36 zł |
Things Fall Apart
ISBN: 9780435121624 / Angielski / Twarda / 1971 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. One of a series of fiction titles for schools. Okonkwo, a man of the Ibo tribe in Nigeria at the end of the last century, is a person of substance, character and promise, but he and his people are doomed to be destroyed - both from within the tribe and by the arrival of the white man.
One of a series of fiction titles for schools. Okonkwo, a man of the Ibo tribe in Nigeria at the end of the last century, is a person of substance, ch...
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95,54 zł |
Anthills of the Savannah
ISBN: 9780141186900 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Anthills of the Savannah is a frightening look at oil-boom Nigeria, a world of robberies, road blocks and intimidation in which those who are meant to be protecting a country's citizens are in reality supervising the looting.
Anthills of the Savannah is a frightening look at oil-boom Nigeria, a world of robberies, road blocks and intimidation in which those who are meant to...
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50,87 zł |
No Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe (the author of Things Fall Apart)
ISBN: 9781607961529 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Things Fall Apart, tells of a troubled young African whose formal education separates him from his roots and makes him part of a corrupt ruling elite he despises.
Things Fall Apart, tells of a troubled young African whose formal education separates him from his roots and makes him part of a corrupt ruling elite ...
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65,32 zł |
Heimkehr in ein fremdes Land : Roman
ISBN: 9783596906130 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2015 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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45,21 zł |
AWS Classics Things Fall Apart
ISBN: 9780435913502 / Angielski / Miękka / 1970 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. '...The story is the tragedy of Okonkwo, an important man in the Igbo tribe in the days when white men were first appearing on the scene ...a very simple but excellent novel'. The Observer Also available in an extended edition including essays, maps and illustrations
'...The story is the tragedy of Okonkwo, an important man in the Igbo tribe in the days when white men were first appearing on the scene ...a very sim...
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70,61 zł |
Arrow of God
ISBN: 9780141191560 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Spare and powerful, 'Arrow of God' is an unforgettable portrayal of the loss of faith, and the struggle between tradition and change.
Spare and powerful, 'Arrow of God' is an unforgettable portrayal of the loss of faith, and the struggle between tradition and change.
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50,87 zł |
Things Fall Apart
ISBN: 9780141023380 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive and he is one of the powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his father, he refuses to show his weakness. When outsiders threaten the traditions of his clan, he takes violent
Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive and he is one of the powerful men of his clan. But he also has a fiery temper. Determined not to be like his fat...
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45,78 zł |
Girls at War: And Other Stories
ISBN: 9780385418966 / Angielski / Miękka / 1991 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Twelve stories by the internationally renowned novelist which recreate with energy and authenticity the major social and political issues that confront contemporary Africans on a daily basis.
Twelve stories by the internationally renowned novelist which recreate with energy and authenticity the major social and political issues that confron...
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95,87 zł |
Einer von uns
ISBN: 9783596950232 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2016 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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90,47 zł |
The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart No Longer at Ease Arrow of God
ISBN: 9781841593272 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Chinua Achebe is considered the father of African literature in English, the writer who opened the magic casements of African fiction for an international readership. Following the 50th anniversary of the publication of 'Things Fall Apart', Everyman has published the novel alongside 'No Longer at Ease' and 'Arrow of God'.
Chinua Achebe is considered the father of African literature in English, the writer who opened the magic casements of African fiction for an internati...
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101,83 zł |
There Was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra
ISBN: 9780241959206 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. The defining experience of author's life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War. A marriage of history, remembrance, poetry and vivid first-hand observation, this title is a work of wisdom and compassion from one of the great voices of our age.
The defining experience of author's life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War. A marriage of history, remembrance, poetry and viv...
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55,97 zł |
A Man of the People
ISBN: 9780141186894 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. 'A Man of the People' is Achebe's analysis of post-independence African politics and of the overwhelming sense of disappointment and unease that filled Nigeria on the eve of the terrible Biafran War.
'A Man of the People' is Achebe's analysis of post-independence African politics and of the overwhelming sense of disappointment and unease that fille...
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50,87 zł |
The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, and Arrow of God; Introduction by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
ISBN: 9780307592705 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Here, collected for the first time in Everyman's Library, are the three internationally acclaimed classic novels that comprise what has come to be known as Chinua Achebe's "African Trilogy." Beginning with the best-selling Things Fall Apart--on the heels of its fiftieth anniversary--The African Trilogy captures a society caught between its traditional roots and the demands of a rapidly changing world. Achebe's most famous novel introduces us to Okonkwo, an important member of the Igbo people, who fails to adjust as his village is colonized by the British. In No Longer at...
Here, collected for the first time in Everyman's Library, are the three internationally acclaimed classic novels that comprise what has come to be kno...
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130,73 zł |
Things Fall Apart
ISBN: 9780808592778 / Angielski / Prebound / 1994 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Achebe's first novel portrays the collision of African and European cultures in people's lives. Okonkwo, a great man in Igbo traditional society, cannot adapt to the profound changes brought about by British colonial rule. Yet, as in classic tragedy, Okonkwo's downfall results from his own character as well as from external forces.
Achebe's first novel portrays the collision of African and European cultures in people's lives. Okonkwo, a great man in Igbo traditional society, cann...
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145,32 zł |
No Longer at Ease
ISBN: 9780385474559 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A classic story of moral struggle in an age of turbulent social change and the final book in Chinua Achebe's The African Trilogy When Obi Okonkwo, grandson of Okonkwo, the main character in Things Fall Apart returns to Nigeria from England in the 1950s, his foreign education separates him from his African roots. No Longer at Ease, the third and concluding novel in Chinua Achebe's The African Trilogy, depicts the uncertainties that beset the nation of Nigeria, as independence from colonial rule loomed near. In Obi Okonkwo's experiences, the ambiguities,...
A classic story of moral struggle in an age of turbulent social change and the final book in Chinua Achebe's The African Trilogy Whe...
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69,72 zł |
Africa's Tarnished Name
ISBN: 9780241338834 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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15,28 zł |
Der Pfeil Gottes : Roman
ISBN: 9783596906093 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2015 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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49,74 zł |
African Short Stories
ISBN: 9780435905361 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. This anthology of 20 stories are from all over Africa, grouped geographically into four different sections - West, East, North and Southern Africa.
This anthology of 20 stories are from all over Africa, grouped geographically into four different sections - West, East, North and Southern Africa.
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70,61 zł |