No rest anymore. The arrow of God
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The dramatic story of the moral fall of a young African who has gone a sad path from a sincere idealist with a brilliant European education to a cynical corrupt official and an inveterate conformist, and his difficult love for a girl from a clan of pagan priests. The novel immerses the reader into the bright and unusual world of Africa of the second half of the twentieth century, where customs and rites, preserved from truly time immemorial, are peacefully adjacent, then enter into a tragic conflict with modernity and progress.
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The tragedy of a completely different time in which the author turns to his favorite topic of the destructive influence of European culture on the traditional attitude of Africans. The hero of the novel, the supreme priest of the ancient pagan cult, believes eagerly to fanaticism and sincerely venerates himself with a living embodiment of divine power. However, he will soon have to enter into a fierce confrontation not only with the colonial authorities and Christian missionaries, but also with his beloved son who rebelled against his father’s will
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The tragedy of a completely different time in which the author turns to his favorite topic of the destructive influence of European culture on the traditional attitude of Africans. The hero of the novel, the supreme priest of the ancient pagan cult, believes eagerly to fanaticism and sincerely venerates himself with a living embodiment of divine power. However, he will soon have to enter into a fierce confrontation not only with the colonial authorities and Christian missionaries, but also with his beloved son who rebelled against his father’s will
Author:
Author:Ачебе Ч.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-17-122037-2
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