Things
Fall Apart tells two intertwining stories, both centering on Okonkwo, a “strong
man” of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first, a powerful fable of the immemorial
conflict between the individual and society, traces Okonkwo’s fall from grace
with the tribal world. The second, as modern as the first is ancient, concerns
the clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwo's world with the arrival
of aggressive European missionaries. These perfectly harmonized twin dramas are
informed by an awareness capable of encompassing at once the life of nature,
human history, and the mysterious compulsions of the soul.
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