Anthills of the Savannah
1987 novel by Chinua Achebe / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Anthills of the Savannah is a 1987 novel by Nigerian writer Chinua Achebe. It was his fifth novel, first published in the United Kingdom 21 years after Achebe's previous one (A Man of the People in 1966), and was credited with having "revived his reputation in Britain".[1] A finalist for the 1987 Booker Prize for Fiction, Anthills of the Savannah has been described as the "most important novel to come out of Africa in the [1980s]".[2] Critics praised the novel upon its release.
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Author | Chinua Achebe |
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Language | English |
Genre | Literary Fiction |
Set in | Kangan (fictional country) |
Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1987 |
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ISBN | 978-0-385-26045-9 |
OCLC | 19932181 |
Preceded by | A Man of the People |
Followed by | There was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra |
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