Anthills of the Savannah
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| Olùkọ̀wé | Chinua Achebe |
|---|---|
| Country | Nigeria |
| Language | Èdè Yorùbá |
| Genre | Literary Fiction |
| Set in | Kangan (fictional country) |
| Publisher | Heinemann |
Publication date | 1987 |
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| ISBN | Àdàkọ:ISBNT |
| OCLC | 19932181 |
| Preceded by | A Man of the People |
| Followed by | There was a Country: A Personal History of Biafra |
Anthills of the Savannah jẹ aramada 1987 lati ọwọ onkọwe Naijiria Chinua Achebe. O jẹ iwe-kikọ karun rẹ, ti o kọkọ ṣejade ni United Kingdom ni ọdun 21 lẹhin ti Achebe ti tẹlẹ (A Man of the People in 1966), ati pe o jẹ pe o ti "sọji orukọ rẹ ni Britain". Aṣepari fun 1987 Booker Prize for Fiction, Anthills of the Savannah ti ṣe apejuwe bi “aramada ti o ṣe pataki julọ lati jade kuro ni Afirika ni awọn [1980s]”. Awọn alariwisi yìn aramada naa lori itusilẹ rẹ.
Idite
[àtúnṣe | àtúnṣe àmìọ̀rọ̀]Anthills ti Savannah waye ni orilẹ-ede Iwo-oorun Afirika ti o ni imọran ti Kangan, nibiti oṣiṣẹ ti oṣiṣẹ Sandhurst kan, ti a mọ ni Sam nikan ti a mọ ni “Ọlọrun Rẹ,” ti gba agbara lẹhin igbimọ ologun. Achebe ṣe apejuwe ipo iṣelu nipasẹ awọn iriri awọn ọrẹ mẹta: Chris Oriko, Komisana fun Alaye ti ijọba; Beatrice Okoh, osise ni Ministry of Finance ati orebirin ti Chris; ati Ikem Osodi, olootu iwe iroyin kan ti o ṣe alariwisi ijọba naa. Awọn ohun kikọ miiran pẹlu Elewa, ọrẹbinrin Ikem, ati Major "Samsonite" Ossai, oṣiṣẹ ologun kan ti a mọ fun titẹ ọwọ pẹlu Samsonite stapler. Aifokanbale n dagba jakejado aramada, ti o pari ni ipaniyan ti Ikem nipasẹ ijọba, ipaniyan ati iku ti Sam, ati nikẹhin iku Chris. Iwe naa pari pẹlu ayẹyẹ isọlọmọ ti kii ṣe aṣa fun Elewa ati ọmọbinrin Ikem ti o jẹ ọmọ oṣu, ti Beatrice ṣeto.
Gbigbawọle
[àtúnṣe | àtúnṣe àmìọ̀rọ̀]Awọn aramada ti gba daradara nipasẹ awọn alariwisi. Charles Johnson, ti nkọwe fun The Washington Post, yìn iwe naa ṣugbọn o ṣe aṣiṣe Achebe fun ikuna lati ni kikun awọn ohun kikọ rẹ jade. Nadine Gordimer yìn àwàdà ìwé náà, ní pàtàkì nígbà tí a bá fi ìyàtọ̀ sí àwọn ìfihàn rẹ̀ ti àwọn ẹ̀rù.
Awọn itọkasi
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Àwọn ìjápọ̀ àgbáyé
[àtúnṣe | àtúnṣe àmìọ̀rọ̀]- D. A. N. Jones, "Àwọn Èèyàn alágbára" (ìwádìí) , London Review of Books, Vol. 9, Nọ́m. 18, 15 October 1987, ojú ìwé 24 sí 25.
- Charles Johnson, "'Anthills of the Savannah" nipasẹ Chinua Achebe" (ìjíròrò), The Washington Post, Oṣu Kẹta Ọjọ 22, 2013; ti tun tẹ lati Oṣu Keje Ọjọ 7, 1988.