Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Premier, March 1974. Mass Market Paperback. No additional printings listed. Near Fine. Unmarked. Spine straight, tight and uncreased. Light shelf and reading wear to covers. Not from a library. No remainder mark. Not clipped. 128 pages. Contents: The Madman; The Voter; Marriage is a Private Affair; Akueke; Chike's School Days; The Sacrificial Egg; Vengeful Creditor; Dead Men's Path; Uncle Ben's Choice; Civil Peace; Sugar Baby; Girls at War.

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CHINUA ACHEBE was born in Nigeria in 1930. He was raised in the large village of Ogidi. He is a graduate of University College, Ibadan. His early career in radio ended abruptly in 1966, when he left his post as Director of External Broadcasting in Nigeria during the national upheaval that led to the Biafran War. From 1972 to 1976, and again in 1987 to 1988, Achebe was Professor of English at the University of Masachusetts, Amherst, and also for one year at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. Achebe has received numerous honours from around the world, including the Honorary Fellowship of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, as well as eleven honorary doctorates from universities in England, Scotland, the United States, Canada and Nigeria. In 2007, he won the Man Booker International Prize for Fiction. Achebe lives with his wife in Annandale, New York, where they both teach at Bard College. They have four children.

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Bookseller: Books of the World (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: RWARE0000003797
Title: Girls at War and Other Stories
Author: Chinua Achebe
Format/Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 038500852X
ISBN 13: 9780385008525
Publisher: Fawcett Premier
Place of Publication: Greenwich, Connecticut
Date Published: March 1974
Pages: 128
Size: 12mo
Keywords: fiction, Africa, African, West Africa, Nigerian, Nigeria
Bookseller catalogs: Africa; Fiction;

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