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  • The Promise of Hope

    New and Selected Poems, 1964–2013

    de Kofi Awoonor ...
    Series series African Poetry Book
    Kofi Awoonor, one of Ghana’s most accomplished poets, had for almost half a century committed himself to teaching, political engagement, and the literary arts. The one constant that guided and shaped his many occupations and roles in life was poetry. The Promise of Hope is a beautifully edited collection of some of Awoonor’s most arresting work spanning almost fifty years.Selected and edited by ... Leer más

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  • This Earth, My Brother

    de Kofi Awoonor ...
    In this debut novel, Kofi Awoonor brilliantly interweaves poetry and allegory into a profound tale of social corruption in post-colonial Ghana.Rooted in the African oral tradition, This Earth, My Brother paints a picture of post-independent Ghana through two distinctive narratives. In the first strand, we find Amamu, a young lawyer struggling to come to terms with his place amongst the new ... Leer más

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  • The African Trilogy

    Things Fall Apart; Arrow of God; No Longer at Ease

    de Chinua Achebe ...
    Series series Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
    Chinua Achebe is considered the father of modern African literature, the writer who "opened the magic casements of African fiction." The African Trilogy—comprised of Things Fall Apart, Arrow of God, and No Longer at Ease—is his magnum opus.In these masterly novels, Achebe brilliantly imagines the lives of three generations of an African community as their world is upended by the forces of ... Leer más

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  • Weep Not, Child

    Series Libro 3 - Penguin African Writers Series
    The Nobel Prize–nominated Kenyan writer’s powerful first novelTwo brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, stand on a garbage heap and look into their futures: Njoroge is to attend school, while Kamau will train to be a carpenter. But this is Kenya, and the times are against them: In the forests, the Mau Mau is waging war against the white government, and the two brothers and their family need to decide where ... Leer más

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  • Journey Without Maps

    de Graham Greene ...
    The British author embarks on an awe-inspiring trek through 1930s West Africa in " one of the best travel books [of the twentieth] century " ( The Independent).When Graham Greene left Liverpool in 1935 for what was then an Africa unmarked by colonization, it was to leave the known transgressions of his own civilization behind for those unknown. First by cargo ship, then by train and truc... ... Leer más

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  • Devil on the Cross

    Series Libro 5 - Penguin African Writers Series
    The great Kenyan writer and Nobel Prize nominee’s novel that he wrote in secret, on toilet paper, while in prison—featuring an introduction by Namwali Serpell, the author of the multiple prize–winning novel The Old Drift and the nationally bestselling work of criticism On MorrisonOne of the cornerstones of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s fame, Devil on the Cross is a powerful fictional critique of capitalism. ... Leer más

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  • Petals of Blood

    Series Libro 1 - Penguin African Writers Series
    “The definitive African book of the twentieth century” (Moses Isegawa, from the Introduction) by the Nobel Prize–nominated Kenyan writerThe puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this fervent, hard-hitting novel about disillusionment in independent Kenya. A deceptively simple tale, Petals of Blood is on the surface a suspenseful investigation of a ... Leer más

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  • Chike and the River

    de Chinua Achebe ...
    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 ... Leer más

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  • Girls at War

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    de Chinua Achebe ...
    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. ... Leer más

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  • Arrow of God

    de Chinua Achebe ...
    Series Libro 2 - The African Trilogy
    “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison“A magical writer—one of the greatest of the twentieth century.” —Margaret Atwood“My favorite novel.” —Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWhen Things Fall Apart ends, colonial rule has been introduced to Umuofia, and the character of the nation, its values, freedoms, religious and socio-political foundations ... Leer más

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  • Down Second Avenue

    Es’kia Mphahlele’s seminal memoir of life in apartheid South Africa—available for the first time in Penguin ClassicsNominated for the Nobel Prize in 1969, Es’kia Mphahlele is considered the Dean of African Letters and the father of black South African writing. Down Second Avenue is a landmark book that describes Mphahlele’s experience growing up in segregated South Africa. Vivid, graceful, and ... Leer más

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  • A Dove of the East

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    de Mark Helprin ...
    This "dazzling collection" of short stories by the World Fantasy Award-winning author of Winter's Talecontemplates the human experience across the globe ( The San Francisco Chronicle & Examiner).In these twenty stories, Mark Helprin offers a series of meditations on some of humanity's most enduring and universal questions. At the hour of his death, an American priest in Rome must choose between ... Leer más

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