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The African trilogy : Things fall apart ; Arrow of God ; No longer at ease / Chinua Achebe ; foreword by Kwame Anthony Appiah.

by Achebe, Chinua, author.

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New York : Penguin Classics, 2017.

Igbo (African people) -- Fiction.

Nigeria -- Fiction.

9780143131342 (paperback)

0143131346 (paperback)

Penguin classics deluxe edition.

xi, 562 pages ; 22 cm.

Things fall apart -- Arrow of God -- No longer at ease.

"The African Trilogy--comprised of Things Fall Apart, Arrow of God, and No Longer at Ease--is his magnum opus. In these masterly novels, Achebe brilliantly imagines the lives of three generations of an African community as their world is upended by the forces of colonialism from the first arrival of the British to the waning days of empire. The trilogy opens with the groundbreaking Things Fall Apart, the tale of Okonkwo, a hero in his village, whose clashes with missionaries--coupled with his own tragic pride--lead to his fall from grace. Arrow of God takes up the ongoing conflict between continuity and change as Ezeulu, the headstrong chief priest, finds his authority is under threat from rivals and colonial functionaries. But he believes himself to be untouchable and is determined to lead his people, even if it is towards their own destruction. Finally, in No Longer at Ease, Okonkwo's grandson, educated in England, returns to a civil-service job in Lagos, only to see his morality erode as he clings to his membership in the ruling elite"--Provided by publisher.

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