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"There is no story that is not true, [...] The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others." Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
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Things Fall Apart
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Pages
- 151
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
Overview
Okonkwo is the greatest warrior alive, famous throughout West Africa. But when he accidentally kills a clansman, things begin to fall apart. Then Okonkwo returns from exile to find missionaries and colonial governors have arrived in the village. With his world thrown radically off-balance he can only hurtle towards tragedy. Chinua Achebe's stark novel reshaped both African and world literature. This arresting parable of a proud but powerless man witnessing the ruin of his people begins Achebe's landmark trilogy of works chronicling the fate of one African community, continued in <i>Arrow of God</i> and <i>No Longer at Ease</i>.
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