TY  - BOOK
AU  - Achebe,Chinua
TI  - Things fall apart
T2  - African writers series
SN  - 0435905252
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Oxford, Portsmouth, N.H., USA
PB  - Heinemann Educational
KW  - Igbo (African people)
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Men
KW  - Nigeria
KW  - Race relations
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -