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  <title><![CDATA[Arrow of God]]></title>
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  <default_description>Set in the Ibo heartland of eastern Nigeria, one of Africa's best-known writers describes the conflict between old and new in its most poignant aspect: the personal struggle between father and son.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1974</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Chinua Achebe]]></name>
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    <name><![CDATA[Ben J]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <date_added>Mon Oct 27 06:34:59 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Oct 27 06:35:05 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Arrow of God - often paired with Things Fall Apart and No Longer at Ease, as part of The African Trilogy - is a book with a troubled gestation and a difficult publishing history. Achebe had planned, as I noted in the review of No Longer at Ease, to originally compose a trilogy (giving substance to t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36294500">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="15872007">
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    <name><![CDATA[Katherine]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>4</rating>
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  <date_added>Tue Feb 19 23:04:56 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Feb 19 23:20:38 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've heard that <u>Arrow of God</u> is Achebe's personal favorite out of all of his novels. It's written in a straightforward, parable-like style similar to <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q=Things Fall Apart" title="Things Fall Apart">Things Fall Apart</a>, but delves further into the complex relationships between religion, authority, duty, and conflict.<br/><br/><u>Arrow of God</u> is also ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15872007">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="10342134">
    <user id="670351">
    <name><![CDATA[Kimmy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Pottstown, PA]]></location>        
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      <rating>2</rating>
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  <date_added>Wed Dec 12 16:38:07 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Dec 12 16:39:07 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked this one less than Things Fall Apart and again, I dislike his writing style. ]]></body>
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    <review id="31298808">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Aug 26 23:14:14 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Aug 26 23:32:58 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is hard to like at times. Achebe is very unflattering to women. ]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="67580889">
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    <name><![CDATA[Wendy]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 16 02:00:41 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Aug 16 02:29:33 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[arrow of god is a novel based on the culture and the colonialism of nigeria.through this novel i have known how the white man set up on the igbo land.the chief priest ezeulu sent one of his sons to the white man'school intentionally.he wanted to be informed on the white man's purposes in order to be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/67580889">more...</a>]]></body>
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</review>
    <review id="56131495">
    <user id="1323411">
    <name><![CDATA[Charles]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Simi Valley, CA]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <date_added>Thu May 14 19:41:30 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu May 14 19:48:17 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was alright. The story-telling could have been better, for I felt that we were introduced to a lot of characters that had zero impact on the telling of the story, so that takes away a lot of the luster. Plus, the conclusion and the way the story wrapped up was just &quot;eh, I read all of this fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/56131495">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="63348239">
    <user id="1304410">
    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Cairo, Egypt]]></location>        
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      <rating>3</rating>
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jul 13 17:00:13 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jul 13 17:01:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[قرأت النسخة المترجمة،للهيئة العامة للكتاب،ترجمة : سمير عبدربه،المترجم المعروف بترجمته عن اللغات الافريقية.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63348239]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="44961552">
    <user id="1796337">
    <name><![CDATA[Ginger]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Antonio, TX]]></location>        
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 1973</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Jan 31 11:23:51 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Jan 31 11:26:00 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favorite books of all time. Philosophically challengeing, finely structured, and besides that, an intriguing story.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44961552]]></url>
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    <review id="46756465">
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    <name><![CDATA[Claire]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Minneapolis, MN]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Wed Feb 18 10:05:01 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 18 10:05:01 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Chinua Achebe is among those writers mentioned early on by President Obama in his book, 'Dreams From my Father.']]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46756465]]></url>
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    <review id="65896946">
    <user id="324600">
    <name><![CDATA[Siri]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Aug 02 14:03:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoyed this less than the other Chinua Achebe books.  But it was still a fascinating read.  ]]></body>
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    <review id="47910344">
    <user id="1581549">
    <name><![CDATA[Emu]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Denmark]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Mar 01 13:02:30 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 11 10:18:18 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Took me awhile to read. Perhaps because it was in English or maybe just because I've been too busy.<br/><br/>A nice perspective on the white man's arrival in the Ezeulu's culture.]]></body>
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    <review id="14764939">
    <user id="287042">
    <name><![CDATA[Jana]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Feb 06 15:54:30 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Feb 06 15:59:26 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book because I feel I need to expand my horizons a bit.  This was very different from what I usually read. I enjoyed it. I had a hard time getting into it at the beginning, but then I started to get used to the &quot;odd&quot; names and figure out who was who. It was really nice to get i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14764939">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="43141949">
    <user id="1906371">
    <name><![CDATA[Amy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Naselle, WA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Jan 15 11:31:25 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jan 15 11:31:46 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Adds to the complexity of culture in Things Fall Apart.]]></body>
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    <review id="14993658">
    <user id="157583">
    <name><![CDATA[Shep]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Philadelphia, PA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Feb 09 12:32:44 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Feb 09 12:37:09 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[So this is considered part of a trilogy along with Things Fall Apart, and No Longer At Ease.  The story is about the chief priest of Ulu, and a challenge to his leadership.  I think it is more simple in its projects, there is a story here about the way in which the Ibo themselves failed their god an...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14993658">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14993658]]></url>
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    <review id="69662705">
    <user id="2310609">
    <name><![CDATA[Cheryl]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[London, H9, The United Kingdom]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Tue Sep 01 05:42:47 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 26 13:27:14 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[In 1920s Nigeria, Ezeulu is Chief Priest of the Ibo village; a strong-willed man of tradition, responsible for initiating the rituals that structure village life.  The arrow in his god's bow.  An unsympathetic British administration brings new order and loss of power for Ezeulu.]]></body>
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    <review id="69756233">
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    <body><![CDATA[Nice fiction.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69756233]]></url>
</review>
    <review id="46432226">
    <user id="297311">
    <name><![CDATA[Brendan]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book. Not quite as good as Things Fall Apart, but that is partly because Arrow's scope is not as big and ambitious. Achebe is a master at using amazing, well-developed characters to show the clashes between traditional Nigerian culture and Western imperialists / Christian missionaries. The pow...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46432226">more...</a>]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46432226]]></url>
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    <review id="25566565">
    <user id="1274045">
    <name><![CDATA[Dallisonam]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Jun 26 11:15:46 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 26 11:15:46 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Achebe has a wonderful way of incorporating sayings and stories into the bigger plot, which in itself is amazing. There are also interesting literary devices in showing multiple points of view in everything, particularly with a symmetry of irrationality in the Ibo and the British.  This book is also...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25566565">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A book that does very interesting things with the overlapping-but-not-necessarily-touching private universes of its characters.<br/><br/>A born-again Christian tried to convert me yesterday based on the fact that I seemed polite (in a noisy pizzeria) and was reading a book with God in the title. I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35627953">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Far superior to Things Fall Apart - the differences between a culture that speaks and understand through stories and the west with its direct interogatory language are on display here.  Powerful and instructive.]]></body>
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