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    <![CDATA[Things Fall Apart]]>
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    <![CDATA[This is Chinua Achebe's classic novel, with more than two million copies sold since its first U.S. publication in 1969. Combining a richly African story with the author's keen awareness of the qualities common to all humanity, Achebe here shows that he is &quot;gloriously gifted, with the magic of an ebullient, generous, great talent.&quot; -- Nadine Gordimer ]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this many years ago as a teenager, before it was as well known as it is today, and then I read it again in college. Readers often expect imperialism to be dealt with in black and white. Either the author desires to see native ways preserved and consequently views any imperial attempts as immo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10961546">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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