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Tarina igbo-klaanin vahvasta miehestä Okonkwosta, jota riivaavat kiivas luonne ja ylpeys. Siirtomaavallan ja perinteisen klaaniyhteisön yhteentörmäys koituu lopulta Okonkwon kohtaloksi. Teosta pidetään yhtenä Afrikan englanninkielisen kirjallisuuden kulmakivistä, ja Time-lehti on valinnut sen sadan parhaan 1900-luvulla ilmestyneen englanninkielisen romaanin joukkoon.
Set in the late 19th century, at the height of the "Scramble" for African territories by the great European powers, Things Fall Apart tells the story of Okonkwo, a proud and highly respected Igbo from Umuofia, somewhere near the Lower Niger. Okonkwo's clan are farmers, their complex society a patriarchal, democratic one. Achebe suggests that village life has not changed substantially in generations. The first part of a trilogy, Things Fall Apart was one of the first African novels to gain worldwide recognition: half a century on, it remains one of the great novels about the colonial era. [Achebe] describes the many idyllic features of pre-Christian native life with poetry and humor. But his real achievement is his ability to see the strengths and weaknesses of his characters with a true novelist's compassion. Sisältyy tähän:The African Trilogy (tekijä: Chinua Achebe) On vastaus tähän:Pimeyden sydän (tekijä: Joseph Conrad) Sisältää opiskelijan oppaanThings Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe (tekijä: Selena Ward)
[This book is] a simple story of a "strong man" whose life is dominated by fear and anger ... Uniquely ... African, at the same time it reveals [the author's] ... awareness of the human qualities common to men of all times and places.-Back cover. No library descriptions found. |
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