02276cam a2200409 i 4500 1130060099 TxAuBib 20240214120000.0 970114s1958||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 97103913 9780679446231 HRD 27.00 0679446230 HRD 27.00 TxAuBib rda Achebe, Chinua. Things fall apart [BOOK] / Chinua Achebe ; with an introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah. New York : Knopf, [1958] ©1958. xxi, 181 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Everyman's library ; 135 Includes bibliographical references (pages xviii-xix). "The first of these stories traces Okonkwo's fall from grace with the tribal world in which he lives, and in its classical purity of line and economical beauty it provides us with a powerful fable about the immemorial conflict between the individual and society. The second story, which is as modern as the first is ancient, and which elevates the book to a tragic plane, concerns the clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwo's world through the arrival of aggressive, proselytizing European missionaries. These twin dramas are perfectly harmonized, and they are modulated by an awareness capable of encompassing at once the life of nature, human history, and the mysterious compulsions of the soul.". 20240214. Igbo (African people) Fiction. British Nigeria Fiction. Men Nigeria Fiction. Race relations Fiction. Nigeria Fiction. Historical fiction. Appiah, Kwame Anthony, author of introduction. Everyman's library ; 135. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/random041/97103913.html Publisher description https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0744/97103913-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0826/97103913-s.html Sample text