Things fall apart
Acheve, Chinua
Summary: Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order.
Primary Repository ID
EUM_010002521641
System of Record ID
010002521641
Title
Things fall apart
Date Issued or Published
1994
Description
Summary: Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order.
Creator
Acheve, Chinua
Publisher
Anchor Books
Place of Publication
New York (N.Y.)
Primary Language
English
Subject - Topic/Names
Igbo (African people)
Fiction
Men
Race relations
Historical fiction
Subject - Geographic
Nigeria
Extent/Dimensions
209 pages
21 cm
Content Type
Text
Content Genre
books
Local Call Number
PR9387.9 .A3 T4 1994
Rights Statement
Standard Identifier (ISBN)
9780385474542
Institution
Emory University
Holding Repository
Emory University. General Libraries
Sort Date
1994
