Arrow of God | 
pickI appreciated this story, but I think it would have been better for me in print to help clarify the names. It also seemed the main storyline took a long time to develop and then was resolved more quickly than I expected.
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pickThis book was a slow burn that left me in tatters. Ezeulu is chief priest of Umuaro. Through him & his village, we witness the slow destruction and breakdown of people & place through the direct and indirect effects of colonization but also through one‘s own actions. This one will stay with me for a long time as Things Fall Apart has done. Definitely I book I needed to read before reaching the clearing at the end of the path. 204/1,001 #1001Books
Day 17 - #Arrow #AboutAugust
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I read this in 2015. It is on the 1001 Booklist. Very interesting!
pickBeautiful dismount for an incredible trilogy. The third book of the series, it creates an intricate bridge between books 1&2. Breaks down how colonization destroys people through an intimate story. The ending had me in tears. 5 out of 5 on goodreads. Gonna let these three sit for a few years and reread.
“Thereafter any yam harvested in his fields was harvested in the name of his son.”
Who was Ezeulu to tell his deity how to fight the jealous cult of the sacred python? It was a fight of the gods. He was no more than an arrow in the bow of his god.
"I have not come home to answer anybody's questions," Obika shouted.
"You may answer or not as you please. But let me tell you that this is only the beginning of what palm wine will bring to you. The death that will kill a man begins as an appetite."
"Do you not know that in a great man's household there must be people who follow all kinds of strange ways? There must be good people and bad people, honest workers and thieves, peace-makers and destroyers; that is the mark of a great obi. In such a place, whatever music you beat on your drum there is somebody who can dance to it."
"It is praiseworthy to be brave and fearless, my son, but sometimes it is better to be a coward. We often stand in the compound of a coward to point at the ruins where a brave man used to live. The man who has never submitted to anything will soon submit to the burial mat."
A little over a year ago, I cried, heart-broken at the end of 'Things Fall Apart'. Today, I pick up the second book of the life-altering African trilogy by Chinua Achebe. He is a magnificent writer, and I have braced myself for another tragic, phenomenal read.
