Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Beers & Books CCCXXI – Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe (16 November 1930  – 21 March 2013

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  1. Yet another author I don't know. Thanks for the heads up.

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    1. Biafra War, 1967-1970. The photo of a starving little boy, his aged face, bony, hoary. I have never forgotten it. It is stored in my head. And I think it contributed to me becoming the way I am.
      So it's no wonder that I particularly like Achebe.

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  2. Es veu que tots els mals del món són els mateixos, vagis on vagis.

    Aferradetes, Sean.

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    1. That may be so. However, when I imagine living in such and such a country under the circumstances there, I always realise: I am privileged.

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