the 1958 Novel Chronicles The Life Of Okonkwo, The Leader Of An Igbo (ibo) Community, From The Events Leading Up To His Banishment From The Community For Accidentally Killing A Clansman, Through The Seven Years Of His Exile, To His Return. Addresses The Problem Of The Intrusion In The 1890s Of White Missionaries And Colonial Government Into Tribal Igbo Society, And Describes The Simultaneous Disintegration Of Its Protagonist Okonkwo And Of His Village. The Novel Was Praised For Its Intelligent And Realistic Treatment Of Tribal Beliefs And Of Psychological Disintegration Coincident With Social Unraveling. things Fall Apart Helped Create The Nigerian Literary Renaissance Of The 1960s.
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achebe's Most Famous Novel Brilliantly Portrays The Impact Of Colonialism On A Traditional Nigerian Village At The Turn Of The Century. Its Hero, Obi Okonkwo, Epitomizes Both The Nobility And The Rigidity Of The Traditional Culture.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Genre Fiction
- Political
- Genre Fiction
Publisher : Everyman's Library
Author : Chinua Achebe
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :1995-10-17
Number Of Pages : 181
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0679446230
ISBN-13 : 9780679446231
Item weight : 0.7 lb
Dimensions : 0.9 in x 5.2 in x 8.1 in
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