Inscribed first US edition of the celebrated Nigerian author's book of essays, including the much discussed "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness".
Very good plus in near fine jacket.
Price: $400.00
"Mr. Achebe aims to nudge readers to think past their stubborn preconceptions, and he succeeds marvelously." — George Johnson, THE NEW YORK TIMES
This important collection begins with a quintessential piece of postcolonial criticism, "An Image of Africa: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness," which makes the apparently controversial claim that Conrad's depiction of Africa and its natives was inherently racist — much to the chagrin of critics and contemporaries who found themselves largely unable (or perhaps unwilling) to reconcile such a designation with what they believed to be the aesthetic merits of Conrad's work. A sharp copy with a warm inscription.
Read More: "New and Noteworth" The New York Times Book Review, 1960.
First printing. New York: Doubleday, (1989). 8.25'' x 5.5''. Original half-cloth, blue-grey paper boards with green decorative stamping to front, silver-lettered spine. In original unclipped ($17.95) color pictorial jacket. Tan endpapers. xviii, 188 [2] pages. Inscribed by Achebe to half title: "For Fernando E. Vega / with every good wish / Chinua Achebe. March 18, 1996." Jacket with trace rubbing. Book with minor bumping to corners, faint toning to top edge, else fresh.
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