Chinua Achebe 's Things Fall Apart: Notes (Cliffs Notes) [Paperback]

John Chua (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0822012766 | ISBN-13: 978-0822012764 | Publication Date: April 5, 1996 | Edition: 1

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About the Author John Chua has written for a wide variety of media, including television. He has written three CliffsNotes and holds a BA from Knox College and an MBA from the University of Illinois, Suzanne Pavlos taught high school English and reading She is currently a freelance writer and editor and working as a psychotherapist. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 88 pages
• Publisher: Cliffs Notes; 1 edition (April 5, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822012766
• ISBN-13: 978-0822012764
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,192,000 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It got me the "A" I wanted!!, September 27, 2010

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E. Byrne (Cincinnati OH) - See all my reviews
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The actual book is so hard to read and make sense of. The Cliffs notes sure helped! Read this before I tackled the novel so that I wasn't so terribly confused with the unfamiliar names, places and culture.

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars No Need for This Notes, February 6, 2007

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Things Fall Apart is an easy book to read. This CliffsNotes are not really needed. Besides that, I'd like to say a couple of things. In page 98, the chapters "Choosing a Language" and "The Use of English" explain why Achebe chose to write his book in English. I think it is a contradiction. If one (or the main) of Achebe's purpose writing this book was to restore dignity to the Igbo culture, the first thing he could have chosen to do is to write the book in his own language. I come from Catalonia and our language has been prosecuted for so many years. I know what I am talking about. If Catalans chose to write in Spanish because it is a majority language, Catalan would be dead by now. It is a matter of integrity. In fact, if the book was good at all -but written in Igo language-, it would have been translated into English or any other language. Second, the brief synopsis is a plot spoiler. I would have liked to be told they were about to tell me how the end of the book goes. Anyway, this is a review about the CliffsNotes, which are good, although not necessary for an easy book to read. If I was about to review Achebe's book itself, I would not give it more than 2 stars.
One thing I still do not understand though is why ClifssNotes are still being printed, when they can be read for free at their own website. I mean, I bought this book, but found out later about the free online service, which is exactly the same text printed on paper

5.0 out of 5 stars good for academic use, January 2, 2012

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you can not go wrong if you choose cliffs notes for each title. helping homework with an ease. simple but effective information in brief synapses.