Saturday, April 22, 2006

News at Eleven: [Chinua Achebe's] failure

to persuade others against violence is reflected in "1966", written just after the quelling of Biafran secession, in which he sees the "absentminded" descent into war as a "diamond-tipped drill point" delving towards the "rare artesian hatred/that once squirted warm/blood in God's face/confirming His first/disappointment in Eden".

from The Guardian: War and remembrance

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