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Things Fall Apart

First published in 1958, Chinua Achebe`s `Things Fall Apart` is one of the modern age`s defining books – the book that marked African independence and in one leap created a powerful, vivid Nigerian literature.The novel tells the story of Okonkwo, an important man in the Obi tribe, in the days when white men were first appearing on the scene. Through a series of events forced by his pride and fears, Okonkwo becomes exiled from the tribe at the peak of his power. While away, time passes and things slowly crumble into a new insecure shape. His position has changed, customs are dying out and the white man stalks his beloved land.Culture, politics and the classic struggle between rigid traditionalism and the winds of change are at the centre of the tale, and although it`s a book about the story of one man and his community, it is ultimately a book about the whole of Africa and about the effects of colonialism on the individual lives of people. An incomparable novel, full of colour and passion, `Things Fall Apart` is told in a way that still seems radical and extraordinary, with remarkable economy and subtle irony. Uniquely and richly African, at the same time it reveals Achebe`s keen awareness of the human qualities common to men of all times and places.

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