/lit/ - Literature

Trying to become more cultured. 17 yo white male. I've read that this is THE African novel of the 20th century.

Worth the read? I'll be going to D.C. for a week Saturday so I need something for the plane ride.

Or recommend something to me. Finishing up 1984 at the moment.

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I had to read this book for my senior year in high school and it was not on the reading list for teachers as a mandatory book to read so my teacher chose this book for us to read...I wish she hadn't...I found this book to be the most boring book ever! I had to read the first chapter four times to figure out what was going on! This book is beyond college level to understand..I don't even see how high school teachers could understand this book....half of it is written in another language (thank god they had a index with translations) and the other half is just plain boring! I would rate this at one star however I gave it two, because it does give us a good life lesson in that one mistake made can change your life forever to the point where you do something drastic as Okonkwo figured this out. Other than that, the book is terrible and really hard to understand...I felt this book was too challenging to me with the Ibo language and the way everything was worded put me in a loop. If you have to read this book for school, I suggest you get cliff notes for it or go to gradesaver.com and/or sparknotes.com..I wouldn't recommend this book and don't bother reading it if you have to....you probly won't understand about 80% of what is said.

I read this for a summer assignment from sophomore to junior year, and I absolutely positively HATED IT. It was the only thing we read in my two year high school literature course that I despised, and I wanted to know what /lit/ thought of it, if anyone has any opinions on it at all.


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