Things fall apart

Title
Things fall apart

Author
Achebe, Chinua author.

ISBN
9780385474542

Edition
First Anchor Books edition.

Publication Information
New York, New York : Anchor Books, 1994

Physical Description
209 pages ; 21 cm.

Reading Level
890 L Lexile

Subject Term
Igbo (African people) -- Fiction.
 
British -- Nigeria -- Fiction.
 
Men -- Nigeria -- Fiction.
 
Race relations -- Fiction.

Geographic Term
Nigeria -- Fiction.

Genre
Historical fiction.

Summary
"Things Fall Apart tells two intertwining stories, both centering on Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first, a powerful fable of the immemorial conflict between the individual and society, traces Okonkwo's fall from grace with the tribal world. The second, as modern as the first is ancient, concerns the clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwo's world with the arrival of aggressive European missionaries. These perfectly harmonized twin dramas are informed by an awareness capable of encompassing at once the life of nature, human history, and the mysterious compulsions of the soul."


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