Arrow Of God
by Achebe, Chinua
Ezeulu, headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu, is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. But he is beginning to find his authority increasingly under threat - from his rivals in the tribe, from those in the white government and even from his own family. Yet he still feels he must be untouchable - surely he is an arrow in the bow of his God? Armed with this belief, he is prepared to lead his people, even if it means destruction and annihilation. Yet the people will not be so easily dominated. Spare and powerful, Arrow of God is an unforgettable portrayal of the loss of faith, and the struggle between tradition and change. Continuing the epic saga of the community in Things Fall Apart, it is the second volume of Achebe's African trilogy, and is followed by No Longer at Ease.
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Arrow of God
by Chinua Achebe
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Arrow of God, the second novel in Chinua Achebe's The African Trilogy, moves the historical narrative forward. This time, the action revolves around Ezeulu, the headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu, which is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. The novel is a meditation on the nature, uses, and responsibility of power and leadership. Ezeulu finds that his… Read more about this item Item Price
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Arrow of God (African Trilogy, 2) (African Writers Series, 16)
by Chinua Achebe
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London: Heinemann, 1965. Paperback. 1970 reprint. Paperback. Good. Damp stains to spine and top edge. Text unmarked. Spine straight, but creased. Edgewear. Covers rubbed, partial cup ring to front cover. Not from a library. 287 pages.
In this novel, Africa's best-known writer describes the conflict between old and new in its most poignant aspect: the personal struggle between father and son.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Tight, square spine. There is some underlining to the first chapter, but the rest of the book is unmarked. Some areas of rubbing, minor edge-wear, and very light creasing to the covers. Introduction by K. W. J. Post. The third book in Achebe's African Trilogy, this realist classic takes place several decades after Things Fall Apart, in a similar cluster… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: The John Day Company, 1967. First Edition. Near Fine/Very Good+. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Chinua Achebe on the front free endpaper and inscribed to a former owner. Bound in publisher's original magenta cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with light dust-soiling and light fading to cloth at edges, pages lightly tanned and… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: The John Day Company, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+. New York: The John Day Company, (1967).
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London: Heinemann,, 1964. First edition, first impression, of this scarce title, which completed Chinua Achebe's debut African Trilogy sequence following Things Fall Apart (1958) and No Longer At Ease (1960). "While preparing a feature on the response of Nigerians to early colonial rule, Achebe investigated the story of an Igbo priest imprisoned for refusing to collaborate with the British.… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Heinemann, 1966. 8vo. 285 pp. Very Good. Wear and toning to extremities of wraps. Inscribed by Chinua Achebe to Jean Herskovits, historian of Nigeria. African Writers Series number 16. Signed by Author. Paperback. Very Good. Item Price
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New York: The John Day Company, 1967. First Edition. Near Fine/Fine. First American edition, first printing. 287 pp. Bound in publisher's original magenta cloth with gilt spine lettering. Near Fine with slight black stains to top edge of covers and area of rub-through at top of rear spine joint, in a Fine unclipped dust jacket with trivial edge… Read more about this item Item Price
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Arrow of God (Penguin Modern Classics)
by Achebe, Chinua
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Arrow of God
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Heinemann, 1964. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Heinemann; London, 1964. Hardcover. First Edition. A Very Good, blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine, binding intact, bit of sunning to spine, some handling/rub marks to boards, bit of age toning to pages, faint smudge mark front free endpaper, couple of small nicks bottom text block edge, crease… Read more about this item Item Price
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London, United Kingdom: Heinemann, 1964. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. 1st Edition. First UK Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 287pp. This is a true first edition, first printing (first impression) with [First Published 1964] to the copyright page which indicates a true first print, no statement of reprint. A shade lighter to spine and edge of boards, internally… Read more about this item Item Price
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London, Heinemann, 1964. . First edition, first impression; 8vo; light spotting to edges and endpapers, text block slightly toned; publisher's dark blue boards, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's device to rear cover in blind, with the unclipped pictorial dustjacket, slight edge-wear, front panel slightly rubbed, light spotting and toning to flap edges, else very good.
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London: Heinemann, 1964. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. First Edition. Some foxing to foredge of textblock and prelims, else a very good hardback in a price clipped, lightly rubbed and edgeworn jacket that has a few tiny closed tears and a hint of sunning to the spine.
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Arrow of God (African Writers Series)
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Toronto, Canada: Bantam Books. Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1984. 1st Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Series: Stagecoach Station; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 183 pages; Mass market paperback rubbed and scuffed at edges, spine ends and corner tips. Creased at lenght of front cover. Previous store stamp and initials. Text block clean and pages… Read more about this item Item Price
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Arrow of God (Heinemann African Writers Series)
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Arrow of God.
by Chinua Achebe.
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Portsmouth, NH Reed Publishing: Heinemann, 1986. Paperback Reprint Edition [1986]; Fifteenth Printing thus. Near Fine in Wraps: shows only the most minute indications of use: just a hint of chipping to the upper corner tip of the rear panel; a very faint crease near the upper corner of the front panel; the mildest overall rubbing; the pages… Read more about this item Item Price
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Arrow of God
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Heinemann, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A very good copy of this scarce first edition hardcover in original jacket (jacket price-clipped with some tiny nicks and tears to edges; book has minor spotting to top edge; ink gift inscription on front pastedown - mainly under jacket flap). Item Price
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Arrow of God
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