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Author: Chinua Achebe
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Publish Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Chinua Achebe possesses a commendable talent. He is a passionate, sharp-witted, and effortlessly brilliant literary genius. —1991 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Nadine Gordimer
A novel widely read by readers around the world, written by a renowned Nigerian author. —Amazon
Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart fills a void in the world's literary treasury. He was elected as one of the 1,000 creators of 20th-century world civilization. —London Times Literary Supplement
Things Fall Apart is Chinua Achebe's masterpiece. Published in 1959, it immediately won the prestigious Booker Prize in the UK. To date, the book has sold over 11 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 50 languages.
The novel tells the story of a hero from an African tribe and the life of the Igbo people under British colonial invasion. It is hailed as a masterpiece of African English literature. With keen insight, the author portrays a traditional hero—a protagonist, an Igbo man of great perseverance and wisdom, who dedicates his life to overcoming the shadow of his weak father and achieves significant success, earning high prestige among his community. At one point, he was revered by readers as a tragic hero similar to those in Greek tragedies.
The text is filled with humanitarian concern for the suffering of humanity, social hardships, traditional humanism, social cohesion, and the author's extraordinary narrative skills, all of which form a perfect harmony.