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Things fall apart / Chinua Achebe ; with an introduction by Biyi Bandele.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Series: Modern classicsPublisher: London : Penguin books, in association with Heinemann African Writers Series, 2001Edition: [New ed.]Description: xiii, 151 p. 20 cmISBN:
  • 0141186887
  • 9780141186887
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 823 21
Other classification:
  • Hep.01
Summary: "Okonkwo isthe 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 huttle towards tragedy. A classic in every sense, Chinua Achebe's stark, cooly ironic novel reshaped both African and world literature. First published in 1958, it has sold over ten million copies in forty-five languages, and remains an arresting parable of a proud but powerless man witnessing the ruin of his people." From book cover
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Course book Högskolan Väst Övre plan / Upper floor 823.914 Achebe Available 6004300066421
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Originally published: London : Heinemann, 1958

"Okonkwo isthe 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 huttle towards tragedy. A classic in every sense, Chinua Achebe's stark, cooly ironic novel reshaped both African and world literature. First published in 1958, it has sold over ten million copies in forty-five languages, and remains an arresting parable of a proud but powerless man witnessing the ruin of his people." From book cover