Things Fall Apart is the debut novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, first published in 1958. It depicts pre-colonial life in the southeastern part of Nigeria and the arrival of Europeans during the late 19th century. It is seen as the archetypal modern African novel in English, and one of …
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Things Fall Apart is the debut novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe, first published in 1958. It depicts pre-colonial life in the southeastern part of Nigeria and the arrival of Europeans during the late 19th century. It is seen as the archetypal modern African novel in English, and one of the first to receive global critical acclaim. It is a staple book in schools throughout Africa and is widely read and studied in English-speaking countries around the world. The novel was first published in the UK in 1962 by William Heinemann Ltd, and became the first work published in Heinemann's African Writers Series.
The novel follows the life of Okonkwo, an Igbo ("Ibo" in the novel) man and local wrestling champion in the fictional Nigerian clan of Umuofia. The work is split into three parts, with the first describing his family, personal history, and the customs and society of the Igbo, and the second and third sections introducing the influence of European colonialism and Christian missionaries on Okonkwo, his family, and the wider Igbo community.
Things Fall Apart was followed by a sequel, No Longer at Ease (1960), originally written as the second part of a larger work along with Arrow of God (1964). Achebe states that his two later novels A Man of the People (1966) and Anthills of the Savannah (1987), while not featuring Okonkwo's descendants, are spiritual successors to the previous novels in chronicling African history.
Contained in: African Trilogy
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Things Fall Apart
mass market paperback, 192 pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il Dicembre 1988 da Fawcett Crest.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-449-20810-6ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 22060817
Things Fall Apart
Brossura, 208 pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 2006 da Penguin Books, Penguin.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-102338-0ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 1064415016
Things Fall Apart
Brossura, 206 pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 2006 da aws.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-435-90525-5ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 36062376
Things Fall Apart
Brossura, 152 pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 2001 da Penguin Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-14-118688-7ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 636383631
Things Fall Apart
Brossura, 152 pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 1994 da Heinemann.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-435-90988-8ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 895010414
Things Fall Apart
Brossura, 209 pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 2017 da Penguin Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-385-47454-2ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 440540646
Things Fall Apart
Brossura, 209 pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato da Anchor Books.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-07-243518-4ISBN copiato!
Things Fall Apart
mass market paperback, 192 pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 1959 da Fawcett Publications.
- Numero OCLC:
- 47066730
Things Fall Apart
Copertina rigida
lingua English
Pubblicato il 1992 da Alfred A. Knopf.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-679-44623-1ISBN copiato!
Things Fall Apart (Everyman's Library Classics)
Copertina rigida, 272 pagine
Pubblicato da Everyman's Library.
- ISBN:
- 978-1-85715-135-0ISBN copiato!
Things fall apart
150, pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 1976 da Heinemann.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-435-90001-4ISBN copiato!
- Numero OCLC:
- 14154622
Things Fall Apart
mass market paperback, 192 pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 1959 da Fawcett Publications.
Things Fall Apart
Brossura, 187 pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato il 1966 da Heinemann Educaitonal Books.
Things fall apart
150, pagine
lingua English
Pubblicato da Heinemann, Heinemann International Literature & Textbooks.
- ISBN:
- 978-0-435-90527-9ISBN copiato!
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