The triumph of the written word is often attained when the writer achieves union and trust with the reader, who then becomes ready to be drawn into unfamiliar territory, walking in borrowed literary shoes so to speak, toward a deeper understanding of self or society, or of foreign peoples, cultures, and situations.


There Was a Country: A Memoir (ed. Penguin, 2012) - ISBN: 9781101595985

Chinua Achebe Quotes

The triumph of the written word is often attained when the writer achieves union and trust with the reader, who then becomes ready to be drawn into...

The triumph of the written word is often attained when the writer achieves union and trust with the reader, who then becomes ready to be drawn into...

The triumph of the written word is often attained when the writer achieves union and trust with the reader, who then becomes ready to be drawn into...

The triumph of the written word is often attained when the writer achieves union and trust with the reader, who then becomes ready to be drawn into...