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A review by ricksilva
Girls at War and Other Stories by Chinua Achebe
4.0
Collection of short stories from throughout the career of Chinua Achebe, including some of his earliest work, written for student publications.
The stories are rich in detail of life in Nigeria, covering periods of peace and war, of the spread of missionaries and colonialism, and of the politics of Nigerian independence.
Achebe gets a lot of character development into some very short pieces, and the dialogue flows naturally. The endings of many of the stories feel abrupt, which works well in some cases, but in others left me wanting to learn more about the lives of the characters.
The stories are rich in detail of life in Nigeria, covering periods of peace and war, of the spread of missionaries and colonialism, and of the politics of Nigerian independence.
Achebe gets a lot of character development into some very short pieces, and the dialogue flows naturally. The endings of many of the stories feel abrupt, which works well in some cases, but in others left me wanting to learn more about the lives of the characters.