wole soyinka is one of the most widely read and appreciated african novelists , whose claim to distinction is as legitimate as that of achebe . The Man Died is a breath taking illustration of a political prisoners life and the autobiographical insinuations is startling. A novelist who honours commitment and finds art a convenient tool to express the ire not only of the suffering society but also of a nation that crumbles under the colonial weight . Soyinka is a witness to the bizarre political drama enacted by the imperial monarchs and the fight iniated by the writer echoed sentiments that one finds in John Steinbeck and Doss Passos.Reading the novelist is not simply a pleasureable exercise but also to be through the trauma , trials and triabulations and the pain of being held hostage by the alien forces .

Saul Bellow is a writer with a difference . His novels dont analyse the American society but probes individual disorder and evaluates the battered psyche imposed on the fallen and bruised minds . Herzog is a classic tale of the disintegration of the individual mind that reels under the impact of a chaotic social structure. it is also suggestive of the inherent social tension that creeps into a system apparently settled .Bellow is perfectely balanced and writes with investigative zeal.It is advisable to make this book a part of every sensible academic syllabus that includes fiction.

African fiction would have remained a bunch of obscure stories but for the masterly tales supported by the imaginative and creative insinuations that it has transcended boundaries and made africa the land independent of the colonial blues and the dormant flame of protest picked up rage through the angst and fire oozed out by the likes of achebe , guma . okahara , godiner and coetzee.

books submitted are fairly good and cover all major publications on achebe .if there could be little more deatails available on the suggested texts , then i assume it will do a lot of good to his readers.

i was looking for some textual portions on Things fall apart . indeed he is a novelist responsible for african novels global publicity and recognition. he is a writer who celebrates possibilities and challenges status quo ante.the anti imperial drive has been unrelenting and has shared the concern with alex la guma , okhara , gadiner and coetzee.