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Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe

Book 1 of Things Fall Apart

185 pages

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About this book

"Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political and religious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order."-- Provided by Amazon

Themes
HeartbreakingMelancholic & NostalgicThought-ProvokingQuietly DevastatingSpiritually ChargedClash of colliding worldsFragility of cultural identityTragedy of rigid masculinity
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