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"My favorite novel." —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie “A magical writer—one of the greatest of the twentieth century.” —Margaret Atwood   “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison                    The second novel in Chinua Achebe’s masterful African trilogy, following Things Fall Apart and preceding No Longer at Ease   When Things Fall Apart ends, colonial rule has been introduced to Umuofia, and the character of the nation, its values, freedoms, religious and socio-political foundations have substantially and irrevocably been altered. Arrow of God, the second novel in Chinua Achebe’s The African Trilogy, moves the historical narrative forward. This time, the action revolves around Ezeulu, the headstrong chief priest of the god Ulu, which is worshipped by the six villages of Umuaro. The novel is a meditation on the nature, uses, and responsibility of power and leadership. Ezeulu finds that his authority is increasingly under threat from rivals within his nation and functionaries of the newly established British colonial government. Yet he sees himself as untouchable. He is forced, with tragic consequences, to reconcile conflic

Who reads Arrow of God (African Trilogy Book 2)?

Author

Chinua Achebe

Publisher

Penguin Books

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385014809

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

4.4 / 5 (861 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14