{"product_id":"there-was-a-country-a-memoir-9780143124030","title":"There Was a Country: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the legendary author of \u003ci\u003eThings Fall Apart\u003c\/i\u003e--a long-awaited memoir of coming of age in a fragile new nation, and its destruction in a tragic civil war\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than forty years, Chinua Achebe maintained a considered silence on the events of the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War, of 1967-1970, addressing them only obliquely through his poetry. Decades in the making, \u003ci\u003eThere Was a Country \u003c\/i\u003eis a towering account of one of modern Africa's most disastrous events, from a writer whose words and courage left an enduring stamp on world literature. A marriage of history and memoir, vivid firsthand observation and decades of research and reflection, \u003ci\u003eThere Was a Country\u003c\/i\u003e is a work whose wisdom and compassion remind us of Chinua Achebe's place as one of the great literary and moral voices of our age.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143124030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 333\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/10\/2013 pg. 56\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chinua Achebe","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634924351644,"sku":"9780143124030","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d3236680-73a7-470a-879e-cfd2550cdf45.jpg?v=1603838030","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/there-was-a-country-a-memoir-9780143124030","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}