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Things Fall Apart: Introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah
Contributor(s): Achebe, Chinua (Author), Appiah, Kwame Anthony (Introduction by)

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ISBN: 0679446230 ISBN-13: 9780679446231
Publisher: Everyman's Library

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 1995
Annotation: Achebe's masterpiece tells the story of Okonkwo, strongman of an Ibo village in Nigeria, as he witnesses the destruction of his culture and the loss of his own place within it.

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Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Political

Dewey: FIC

LCCN: 97103913

Lexile Measure: 890(Not Available)

Series: Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics

Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.18" W x 8.29" L (0.74 lbs) 216 pages

Themes:
- Cultural Region - African

Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Price on Product

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 79634
Reading Level: 6.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 8.0

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Publisher Description:
THINGS 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.

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