书目

AnthillsoftheSavannah

内容简介

InthefictionalWestAfricannationKangan，newlyindependentofBritishrule，thehopesanddreamsofdemocracyhavebeenquashedbyafiercemilitarydictatorship.ChrisOrikoisamemberofthecabinetofthepresidentforlife，oneofhisoldestfriends.Whenthepresidentischargedwithcensoringtheoppositionisteditorofthestate-runnewspaper—anotherchildhoodfriend—Chris'sloyaltyandideologyareputtothetest.ThefateofKanganhangsinthebalanceastensionsriseandadeviousplotissetinmotiontosilencethefirebrandcritic.

作者简介

ChinuaAchebewasborninNigeriain1930.Hisfirstnovel,ThingsFallsApart,becameaclassicofinternationalliteratureandrequiredreadingforstudentsworldwide.Healsoauthoredfoursubsequentnovels,twoshort-storycollections,andnumerousotherbooks.HewastheDavidandMariannaFisherUniversityProfessorandProfessorofAfricanaStudiesatBrownUniversityand,forover15years,wastheCharlesP.StevensonJr.ProfessorofLanguagesandLiteratureatBardCollege.In2007,AchebewasawardedtheManBookerInternationalPrizeforlifetimeachievement.Hediedin2013.,,

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