{"product_id":"things-fall-apart-9780385474542","title":"Things Fall Apart","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.\" \u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eBarack Obama \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.\" --Toni Morrison \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A magical writer - one of the greates of the twentieth century.\" --Margaret Atwood \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNamed one of America's most-loved novels by PBS's \u003ci\u003eThe Great American Read\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThings Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, \u003ci\u003eThings Fall Apart \u003c\/i\u003eexplores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith more than twenty million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, \u003ci\u003eThings Fall Apart \u003c\/i\u003eprovides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChinua Achebe \u003c\/b\u003e(1930-2013)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Nigeria. Widely considered to be the father of modern African literature, he is best known for his masterful African Trilogy, consisting of \u003ci\u003eThings Fall Apart, Arrow of God\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNo Longer at Ease\u003c\/i\u003e. The trilogy tells the story of a single Nigerian community over three generations from first colonial contact to urban migration and the breakdown of traditional cultures. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eAnthills of the Savannah\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Man of the People\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGirls at War\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eand Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHome and Exile\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHopes and Impediments\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Education of a British-Protected Child\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChike and the River\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThere Was a Country\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the David and Marianna Fisher University Professor and Professor of Africana Studies at Brown University and, for more than fifteen years, was the Charles P. Stevenson Jr. Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College. Achebe was the recipient of the Nigerian National Merit Award, Nigeria's highest award for intellectual achievement. In 2007, Achebe was awarded the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749286347026,"sku":"9780385474542","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a3f13556-adb0-4fd0-8cc3-6f6f335beb2d.jpg?v=1764075498","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/things-fall-apart-9780385474542","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}