A worldwide bestseller and the first part of Achebes African Trilogy, Things Fall Apart is the compelling story of one mans battle to protect his community against the forces of change
Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire in the harmattan. 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.
First published in 1958, Chinua Achebes stark, coolly ironic novel reshaped both African and world literature, and
Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire in the harmattan. 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.
First published in 1958, Chinua Achebes stark, coolly ironic novel reshaped both African and world literature, and
Things Fall Apart
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Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire in the harmattan. 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.
First published in 1958, Chinua Achebes stark, coolly ironic novel reshaped both African and world literature, and has sold over ten million copies in forty-five languages. This arresting parable of a proud but powerless man witnessing the ruin of his people begins Achebes landmark trilogy of works chronicling the fate of one African community, continued in Arrow of God and No Longer at Ease.
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- ΠΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΡΠ²ΠΎ ΡΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡ 152
- ΠΠ΅Ρ, Π³ 129
- Π Π°Π·ΠΌΠ΅Ρ 1x12.6x19.7
- Π‘Π΅ΡΠΈΡ Modern Classics ΠΌ
- ΠΠΎΠ΄ ΠΈΠ·Π΄Π°Π½ΠΈΡ 2001
- ISBN 978-0-14-118688-7
- ID ΡΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΠ° 2871973