Things fall apart : authoritative text, contexts and criticism
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New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2009.
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1st ed.
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xxi, 597 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
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Main Level - Fiction
FIC ACHEBE, CHINUA
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2009.
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Book
Edition
1st ed.
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English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 591-597).
Description
"Things Fall Apart is one of the most widely read African novels ever published. It is written by one of Nigeria s leading novelists, Chinua Achebe. Set in the Ibo village of Umuofia, Things Fall Apart recounts a stunning moment in African history - its colonization by Britain. The novel, first published in 1958, has by today sold over 8 million copies, been translated into at least forty-five languages, and earned Achebe the somewhat misleading and patronizing title of "the man who invented African literature." It carefully re-creates tribal life before the arrival of Europeans in Africa, and then details the jarring changes brought on by the advent of colonialism and Christianity.
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The book is a parable that examines the colonial experience from an African perspective, through Okonkwo, who was "a strong individual and an Igbo hero struggling to maintain the cultural integrity of his people against the overwhelming power of colonial rule." Okonkwo is banished from the community for accidentally killing a clansman and is forced to live seven years in exile. He returns to his home village, only to witness its disintegration as it abandons tradition for European ways. The book describes the simultaneous disintegration of Okonkwo and his village, as his pleas to his people not to exchange their culture for that of the English fall on deaf ears.
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The brilliance of Things Fall Apart is that it addresses the imposition of colonization and the crisis in African culture caused by the collapse of colonial rule. Achebe prophetically argued that colonial domination and the culture it left in Africa had such a stranglehold on African peoples that its consequences would haunt African society long after colonizers had left the continent.
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A Chronology of Achebe's life and work and a Selected Bibliography are also included."--Pub. desc.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Achebe, C., & Irele, A. (2009). Things fall apart: authoritative text, contexts and criticism . W.W. Norton & Co..

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Achebe, Chinua and Abiola. Irele. 2009. Things Fall Apart: Authoritative Text, Contexts and Criticism. W.W. Norton & Co.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Achebe, Chinua and Abiola. Irele. Things Fall Apart: Authoritative Text, Contexts and Criticism W.W. Norton & Co, 2009.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Achebe, Chinua., and Abiola Irele. Things Fall Apart: Authoritative Text, Contexts and Criticism W.W. Norton & Co., 2009.

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