Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Paperback) Vintage 80s UK Reprint Uche Okeke

Description: Rare UK/European vintage, reprint of the classic, “Things Fall Apart.” Illustrations by Uche Okeke on pages 2 and 90. Cover photograph by George Hallett. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1976, Paperback) African Writers Series EditionAn H-E-B PaperbackHeinemann Educational BooksFirst published in African Writers Series, 1962Reprinted 1968-1982© 1958, 1959ISBN 0 435 90001 3 From The Publishing Post: “Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: The Evolution of Cover Design” …Achebe’s Things Fall Apart is arguably the most widely circulated text in the African literary canon. It was published as part of controversial, educational-minded Heinemann’s controversial African Writers Series where African English-language titles were made to produce money, and material, for the UK market. In an interview with David Chioni Moore and Analee Heath on the 50th anniversary of the novel’s publication, the dearly departed Achebe discussed how little a say he had on the cover designs…This 1976 African Writers Series edition leaves a bold impression. Achebe notes: “we started in 1958 with a blurb about primitive society from the inside, then moved to late '60s and '70s more revolutionary, more violent, more politicised imagery, on to more abstract 1980s presentations, and finally an august world literature treatment here in 2008.” Clearly a publisher ploy to cash-in on contemporary politics, this cover alludes to the KKK’s burning crosses and escalating racial tensions. The culturally deaf, near-anachronistic machete is but one example of how this edition warped the novel for marketability, playing into fears of the savage African. Another can be found in the blurb, where “Ibo” is mistakenly transcribed as “Obi”, a mistake which persists for decades and went on to sully future editions. FINAL SALE No returns or refunds, please.

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