Things fall apart / Chinua Achebe

By: Achebe, ChinuaMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Anchor Books, 1994. Description: 209 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780385474542DDC classification: 823 ACH

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
English Fiction	Villa College Library	Villa College Library	823 ACH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		5826

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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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