Things fall apart / Chinua Achebe.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Classics in context (Oxford, England) | African writers seriesPublication details: Oxford ; Portsmouth, N.H., USA : Heinemann Educational, 1996.Edition: Expanded ed. with notesDescription: lviii, 148 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0435905252
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Contents:
Chinua Achebe: A Biographical Note -- Chinua Achebe and the Invention of African Literature / Simon Gikandi -- Igbo Culture and History / Don Ohadike -- Principal Characters in the Novel -- Glossary of Words and Phrases Used in the Text -- Things Fall Apart / Chinua Achebe.
Summary: Chinua Achebe's first novel portrays the collision of African and European cultures in people's lives. Okonkwo, a great man in Igbo traditional society, cannot adapt to the profound changes brought about by British colonial rule. Yet, as in classic tragedy, Okonkwo's downfall results from his own character as well as from external forces.
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Chinua Achebe: A Biographical Note -- Chinua Achebe and the Invention of African Literature / Simon Gikandi -- Igbo Culture and History / Don Ohadike -- Principal Characters in the Novel -- Glossary of Words and Phrases Used in the Text -- Things Fall Apart / Chinua Achebe.

Chinua Achebe's first novel portrays the collision of African and European cultures in people's lives. Okonkwo, a great man in Igbo traditional society, cannot adapt to the profound changes brought about by British colonial rule. Yet, as in classic tragedy, Okonkwo's downfall results from his own character as well as from external forces.

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