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Things Fall Apart: Chinua Achebe
Penguin Group (9780141186887 / 10853762) - Chinua Achebe - Paperback - |Reissue - Penguin Classics - Penguin Books Ltd - Dimensions: 198x129 - Height: 203 mm - Spine width: 11 mm - Width: 129 mm - ISBN: 9780141186887 | Penguin Modern Classics
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Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bushfire. But when he accidentally kills a clansman, things begin to fall apart. Then Okonkwo returns from exile to find missionaries and colonial governors have arrived in the village. With his world thrown radically offbalance, he can only hurtle towards tragedy. First published in 1958, Chinua Achebe's stark, coolly ironic novel reshaped both African and world literature, and has sold over ten million copies in fortyfive languages.
This arresting parable of a proud but powerless man witnessing the ruin of his people begins Achebe's landmark trilogy of works chronicling the fate of one African community, continued in Arrow of God and No Longer at Ease. 1930) was raised in the large village of Ogidi in Eastern Nigeria, and graduated from University College, Ibadan. The author of more than twenty books novels, short stories, essays and collections of poetry Achebe received numerous honours from around the world, including honourary doctorates from more than thirty colleges and universities.
He was also the recipient of Nigeria's highest award for intellectual achievement, the Nigerian National Merit Award. In 2007, he won the Man Booker International Prize for Fiction.
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| Brand | Penguin Group The Penguin Group is a publishing company that was founded in 1935 by Allen Lane. The company is best known for publishing the works of Agatha Christie, J.R.R. Tolkien, and other popular authors. |
| ISBN | Penguin Group 0141186887 |
| MPN | Penguin Group 10853762 |
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Chinua Achebe |
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198x129 |
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|Reissue |
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203 mm |
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Penguin Classics |
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9780141186887 |
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English |
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151 |
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176 |
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2017-05-31 |
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Penguin Books Ltd |
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11 mm |
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138 g |
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129 mm |

