Things Fall Apart

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Beschreibung

<p><b>One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'</b><br><b><br>A worldwide bestseller and the first part of Achebe's African Trilogy, <i>Things Fall Apart </i>is the compelling story of one man's battle to protect his community against the forces of change</b></p><p>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. <br><br>First published in 1958, Chinua Achebe's 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 Achebe's landmark trilogy of works chronicling the fate of one African community, continued in <i>Arrow of God</i> and <i>No Longer at Ease</i>.</p><p>'His courage and generosity are made manifest in the work' Toni Morrison</p><p>'The writer in whose company the prison walls fell down' Nelson Mandela</p><p>'A great book, that bespeaks a great, brave, kind, human spirit' John Updike</p><p>With an Introduction by Biyi Bandele</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780141023380

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

177 x 108 x 20 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2006

Verlag / Hersteller

Penguin Books Ltd (UK)