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Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe (1958)

3.66(455 ratings)

"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

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