Comments on: Things Fall Apart http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/things-fall-apart/ Reflections of a working writer and reader Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ashmita http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/things-fall-apart/comment-page-1/#comment-110699 ashmita Wed, 21 Jan 2009 05:45:11 +0000 http://johnbakersblog.co.uk/things-fall-apart/#comment-110699 I tend to feel that the loss of the native Africa is poignant in many African writers. Things Fall Apart(Achebe) and The Famished Road(Okri) both seem to have overtones of this loss in their storyline. I don't want to pick up another African author for fear of repeating my read...tell me if you think differently. <strong>jb says</strong>: Hi Ashmita. This is not an area of expertise for me. But I do feel that Achebe's book is about so much more than you suggest. I tend to feel that the loss of the native Africa is poignant in many African writers. Things Fall Apart(Achebe) and The Famished Road(Okri) both seem to have overtones of this loss in their storyline.

I don’t want to pick up another African author for fear of repeating my read…tell me if you think differently.

jb says: Hi Ashmita. This is not an area of expertise for me. But I do feel that Achebe’s book is about so much more than you suggest.

]]>