Book :: Things Fall Apart
| By: | Chinua Achebe |
| Pages: | 209 |
| Published: | 1958 |
| Genre(s): | Africa |
| Historical Fiction | |
| Adult Fiction | |
| Rating: | (12) |
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Things Fall Apart tells two intertwining stories, both centering on Okonkwo, a “strong man” of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first, a powerful fable of the immemorial conflict between the individual and society, traces Okonkwo’s fall from grace with the tribal world. The second, as modern as the first is ancient, concerns the clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwo's world with the...
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forline
read in college as an introduction to African literature. Reread as my kids were assigned this gem.
Jan 4th, 2018
Caro60
How refresshing to finally read a book about Africa which is written from the local point of view. And how apt is the title as you are painted a picture of both individuals and a culture destroyed by the imposition of another culture upon them. This is a powerful book.
Jan 15th, 2015
red13x
This is a very good book! It took me a few chapters to get into it, but after that I was hooked. Well worth a read.
Dec 26th, 2014
rebekahj391
I can't believe this book doesn't have any ratings yet...It's amazing! I was assigned to read this book in high school shortly after our class read Heart of Darkness (which I hated). After the first two or so chapters, the book really started to pick up and I fell in love. I read the rest of the book in one night. (It's THAT good.) This book is never something I would have read on my own, but I'm so glad I did. It opened my eyes to African culture and taught me a newfound respect for other civilizations, especially those we may regard as "primitive". I truly believe everyone should read this novel; it is a beautiful work of art.
Aug 23rd, 2013
Things Fall Apart appears on these lists...
56th on The Novel 100 by Daniel S. Bert
70th on Rival 100 Best Novels by Radcliffe
71st on 100 Greatest Novels of All Time by The Guardian
39th on 100 Novels Everyone Should Read by Telegraph
14th on Top 100 Books by Newsweek
