Description or summary of the book: A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.' -Barack Obama Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. With more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, Things Fall Apart provides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities.
Estimated reading time (average reader): 11H29M41S
Other categories, genre or collection: Political & Legal, Contemporary Fiction, People & Places
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Format: Paperback
Approximate value: 11.94 USD
Dimensions: 133x210x17.78mm
Weight: 204g
Printed by: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group