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