Anthills of the Savannah | Anthills of the Savannah
In the following essay, James Marcus provides an overview of Anthills of the Savannah.
In ‘‘Civil Peace,’’ a story he wrote seventeen years ago Chinua Achebe noted how the violence of civil war inevitably outlives the actual conflict, and barely pausing for breath, extends itself into peacetime. As a band of thieves threatens the protagonist's family with automatic rifles, the leader dwells for a moment on this fine distinction:
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