Arrow of God

from ffortsa

My uptown book circle met Monday to discuss Arrow of God, and the opinions were quite mixed, some of us not able to care much about the characters, some of us more interested. I found the differences between the formal speech of the tribal society and the informal, practical bluntness of the Brit...

from EadieB

I found Arrow of God to be a portrait of Igbo culture. After World War II, the British were self-appointed as civilizers and missionaries and it was interesting to read about their frustration at trying to interact with people whose motives are completely alien. There were quite a few humorous pa...

from charlie68

A good book competently written and very even handed in dealing with the subject matter. There is a tendancy with writers to have the white guys wearing black hats and the black guys the white. But Achebe rightly sees the flaws in both our cultures and the inconsistencies. I assume that Achebe is...

from Wilhelm_Weber

Insightful book about old African ways and the changes that colonialism brought about. The discourse of senior and junior administrators, fathers and sons/daughters, husbands and wives, tribes and villages are intricate and very delicately phrased. Good reading, although it is always with a laugh...

from charlie68

A good book competently written and very even handed in dealing with the subject matter. There is a tendancy with writers to have the white guys wearing black hats and the black guys the white. But Achebe rightly sees the flaws in both our cultures and the inconsistencies. I assume that Achebe is...