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Chinua Achebe Quotes:

Ocupation: Novelist

Life: November 16, 1930 - March 21, 2013

Birthday: November 16

Death: March 21

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.

- Chinua Achebe

source: FaceBook post by Chinua Achebe from May 03, 2015

topic: Self, Shoes, Understanding, Deeper Understanding, Unfamiliar Territory

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