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Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (1996, Trade Paperback)

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ISBN: 0435905252. Author: Chinua Achebe; Simon Gikandi [Editor]; Don Ohadike [Introduction];. Things Fall Apart (African Writers Series: Expanded Edition with Notes). Condition: Used: Good. Qty Available: 1.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHeinemann

ISBN-100435905252

ISBN-139780435905255

eBay Product ID (ePID)1120435

Product Key Features

Book TitleThings Fall Apart

Number of Pages208 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLiterary

Publication Year1996

IllustratorYes

GenreFiction

AuthorChinua Achebe

Book SeriesAfrican Writers Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight7.2 Oz

Item Length7.8 in

Item Width5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceElementary/High School

Dewey Edition22

Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School

Dewey Decimal813.5

Edition DescriptionExpanded,Expurgated edition

Table Of ContentPrefaceChinua Achebe: A Biographical NoteChinua Achebe and the Invention of African Literature, by Simon GikandiIgbo Culture and History, by Don OhadikePrincipal Characters in the NovelGlossary of Words and Phrases Used in the TextSuggestions for Further ReadingThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

SynopsisTHINGS FALL APART tells two overlapping, intertwining stories, both of which center around Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first of these stories traces Okonkwo's fall from grace with the tribal world in which he lives, and in its classical purity of line and economical beauty it provides us with a powerful fable about the immemorial conflict between the individual and society. The second story, which is as modern as the first is ancient, and which elevates the book to a tragic plane, concerns the clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwo's world through the arrival of aggressive, proselytizing European missionaries. These twin dramas are perfectly harmonized, and they are modulated by an awareness capable of encompassing at once the life of nature, human history, and the mysterious compulsions of the soul. THINGS FALL APART is the most illuminating and permanent monument we have to the modern African experience as seen from within.