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Girls at War, and Other Stories
  
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Girls at War, and Other Stories (Hardcover)

by Chinua Achebe (Author)
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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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great stories by a master writer, Dec 8 2000
By Edward Bosnar (Zagreb, Croatia) - See all my reviews
This is an impressive collection of short stories that covers a twenty-year period of Achebe's writing. They also cover a period of history in his native Nigeria that spans from the late colonial period to the Biafran war. In them Achebe explores various aspects of a predominant theme in his work, i.e. tradition vs. modernism in his country (as introduced by British colonial administration). The various stories offer glimpses into the lives of people from various classes and walks of life. Achebe has a concise and eloquent writing style; he has an almost singular talent for making very pertinent observations in an extremely pithy fashion. Thus, for example, in the few pages of a story like "Dead Man's Path," Achebe brings to life the problems which ensue from the drive for quick modernization, the desire to adhere to tradition and the hypocrisy of Nigeria's colonial administrators. Also impressive is Achebe's mastery of narrative styles, i.e. first person, omiscient, etc. These stories can be read on their own, or as a supplement to Achebe's similarly powerful novels.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An Impeccable Collection, April 15 2000
By Arthur (Lawrence, Kansas) - See all my reviews
Achebe has proven, once again, that he is one of our true masters. The Nigerian writer has chronicled his people's struggles, passions, idiosyncrasies and vices for a half century. In Girls at War (1991) Achebe continues to accomplish something remarkable--he writes a geo-political novel that is not didactic and a topical novel that is personal and humane. In this, his work resembles that of Graham Greene, although Achebe might not altogether appreciate the comparison. In the title story, we find a microcosm of the collection. By exploring the details of a few ordinary people--caught in wartorn Nigeria--we discover the human stories beneath the national, and global, machinery of modern warfare. By revealing to us the role of women and children in our new wars, Achebe also reveals the fear, culpability and pathos that lurks within everyone regardless of age, gender or nationality.
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