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With over eight million copies in print world wide, Achebe's work is a definitive novel in African literature. Filled with powerful language and finely drawn characters, Things Fall Apart also shimmers with the sounds and sights of village life. Okonkwo is born into poverty, with a wastrel for a father. Driven by ambition, he works tirelessly to gain the prosperity of many fields and wives and prestige in his village. But he is harsh as well as diligent. As he sees the traditions of his people eroded by white missionaries and government officials, he lashes out in anger. Things Fall Apart traces the growing friction between village leaders and Europeans determined to save the heathen souls of Africa. But its hero, a noble man who is driven by destructive forces, speaks a universal tongue.Product Identifiers
PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
ISBN-101402573723
ISBN-139781402573729
eBay Product ID (ePID)126987110
Product Key Features
Publication Year1997
TopicLiterary, Historical
Book TitleThings Fall Apart
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorChinua Achebe
Book SeriesAfrican Ser.
FormatCompact Disc
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number1
Number of Volumes6 Vols.
Dewey Decimal823/.914
Edition DescriptionUnabridged Edition
Narrated byJames, Peter Francis