/lit/ - Literature

Who are these people? Why aren't you asking them?

Because it's high school reading.
Personally, I had to read in it 10th grade and I liked it.

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Didn't know people hated this book. I love it.

It's Marxist garbage

>>3327159
Surprise: people are pretentious.

Most post-colonialism is garbage.

Can we please start ignoring these shitty troll threads started by the same guy or guys who haven't read a good book in their lives, and whose entire repertoire is contained within "why do these hypothetical people hate this book I haven't read"?

Most people who read it are forced to do so in school. This is not conducive to liking a book, especially for a book that can easily seem stupid to a high school student (yams yams yams seashells yams kill a kid).

I've never known anyone to hate the book, most people who take issue do it with his conrad issue

On 4chan? Because niggers.
In real life? Because people were forced to read it in high school and didn't get it.

Somebody out there hates a book you like.
I, for one, loved things fall apart. And i think Achebe is as good an economist as Hemingway. GASP! Shut up.

>mfw when post-colonialism is taken seriously

>>3327489
I'm sorry what? Achebe wrote this book for the white man. And last time I checked Africa was still a fucking mess. Apartheid in SA too, Jesus man. You're just one arrogant little bitch aren't you?

that book made me want sweet potatoes and to make some palm wine
shit was boring
id say the same about the poisonwood bible and the other one that was in johannesburg

Achebe's books are fun! Especially things like Chike and the River

“I’ve never understood the categorization of postcolonial writing. I’ve been sent papers where I’m talked about as a postcolonial novelist, but I’m never sure about the definition. Does ‘postcolonial’ mean writing that came out in the postcolonial era? Or does it have to come from a country that used to be part of an empire, and which, after the colonies started to devolve, changed into an independent state? Or does it mean writing by people who don’t have white skin? I often suspect the latter is the accurate definition.”
— Kazuo Ishiguro

"Also, I really hate all of this politically correct, cultural studies bullshit. If you mention the phrase “postcolonialism,” I say, “Fuck it!” Postcolonialism is the invention of some rich guys from India who saw that they could make a good career in top Western universities by playing on the guilt of white liberals."

- Slavoj Žižek

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>>3328281
wow this quote is actually a great one