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Stories, short stories (Girls at War and Other Stories, 1973), and award-winning poetry are hardly mentioned in discussions of his enviable stature as “Father of African Literature” – a title that he con-tinued to reject with characteristic self-effacement. Beyond his al-ready documented protestations against the title, I witnessed Achebe. Girls at war achebe pdf Download girls at war achebe pdf or read online books in PDF, EPUB, Tuebl, and Mobi Format. Click Download or Read Online button to get girls at war achebe pdf book now. This site is like a library, Use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.

Girls at War begins with the narrator explaining the first time that Reginald Nwankwo, a high-ranking Nigerian official, and Gladys, an attractive young woman, met. She is attempting to volunteer to fight in the war, and he is rejecting her.

The second time they meet is when Reginald is passing through a roadblock during the war. Normally, he can pass through these impediments without issue, but this time the agent, Gladys, insists on searching his vehicle. He submits begrudgingly, eventually recognizing the young woman. Her diligence reinvigorates his desire for victory in the war.

Eighteen months later, Reginald is intercepting some food aid at an air strip to deliver to his family. He feels bad about taking food intended for refugees, but his family must eat. As he is being driven away from the strip, Reginald notices Gladys standing...

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Girls at War and Other Stories reveals the essence of life in Nigeria and traces twenty years in the literary career of one of this century's most acclaimed writers. In this collection of stories, Chinua Achebe takes us inside the heart and soul of a people whose pride and ideals must compete with the simple struggle to survive. Hailed by critics everywhere, Chinua Achebe'...more

Published August 1st 1991 by Anchor Books (first published 1972)

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ChrisWell, it's a bunch of short stories, so I guess it's about a lot of things :P If it's anything like Achebe's other works, it's probably about…moreWell, it's a bunch of short stories, so I guess it's about a lot of things :P If it's anything like Achebe's other works, it's probably about colonization and such.(less)

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Aug 27, 2016Lisa rated it it was amazing

Girls are always at war in a society dominated by hostile patriarchy.
Bizarrely, actual war offers the kind of chaotic breakdown of society that gives them a moment of freedom to try out different roles for themselves before male power grabs them by the neck again and forces them back into a prisoner camp, both physically and mentally.
Chinua Achebe's short stories show various situations in which young girls and women try to figure out how to navigate in a community that has no intention of lett...more

Apr 25, 2012Paquita Maria Sanchez rated it liked it

What do you do when you are in the middle of several lengthy novels, and have library books which you haven't even started yet which are due in a few short days? Why, you check out another book, a short story collection by an author whose 'opus' is a novel you read over a decade ago for your World Civilizations course, and which you remember slightly less than the conversations you and your friend had about the guy in Buddy Holly glasses two rows behind who your friend wanted to make out with, a...more

If I have ever forgotten why Chinua Achebe is the blueprint for the quintessential African writer, then these stories have reminded me. Who else can write a story about The Madman and make it so layered with both cultural and emotional meaning? Who else can write a story so filled with a quintessential blandness that you realise that sugar might be a big deal? Who else can tell a story about a society degrading in a time of war...and highlight the stupendous double standard of the men running it...more

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Mar 13, 2013Ij rated it really liked it

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Jan 26, 2013Shari rated it really liked it

War is a theme that I have a hard time getting to read and like in any kind of literature. Be it classic, sci-fi, fantasy, historical fiction, non-fiction, I always have to force myself to read passages that tell of fighting, bombing, destroying and killing. Most of the time I skim to spare myself from the gore and horror. Once in a while, though, a story or book about war comes up in my reading that draws me in regardless of the pain and suffering it tells. This book is one of the very few. I a...more

Feb 13, 2014Susan Abulhawa rated it really liked it

Achebe Girls At War

It was a sad day when Chinua Achebe passed away. This is another fruit of his literary brilliance. It's a collection of short stories set in Nigeria Igbo culture. The stories run through the Biafran War. Before during and after. Some are better than others. The narrative is economical and muscular - concise sentences that hold more words than are written. The characters are colorful and different, giving a deeper looking into their lives than one would expect from stories only a few pages long....more

May 08, 2010Josephus FromPlacitas rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This collection of stories from three different decades feels a bit strange, just in the different personalities of the stories from different times. The stories from the 1950s and 60s often have a quiet gentility, an observational quality that was almost a little distancing for me. 'The Madman' is a social portrait of reversal of roles on market day between a wandering lunatic and a young man trying to rise up the social ladder; 'Marriage Is A Private Affair' tells a tale of family tension arou...more

Mar 22, 2013Kathleen rated it really liked it

Chinua Achebe died today, and being a great believer in the maxim that dead authors live on in their books, I thought I would do my bit by reading something he wrote.
When I was in high school, I read Things Fall Apart and strongly disliked it. Now, as a (semi) adult, I enjoyed Girls At War much more than Things Fall Apart. I don't know if it was my age, my more advanced studies in history, or simply the fact that I did not have to analyze every word for meaning that got me, but I really enjoyed...more

May 19, 2017Tumelo Moleleki rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Clearly the ebook was not 128 pages. Only 68 or there about. I loved the book but I hated the pigensglish because I couldn't even infer what was being said from the narration. But these are great stories. Some of them are too short and others ended just as the story seemed to be picking up. The shelling remark had me wondering what the woman meant and it took more reading for me to get the meaning. Such an expr