{"product_id":"9780141186887-things-fall-apart","title":"Things Fall Apart","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOkonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA worldwide bestseller and the first part of Achebe's African Trilogy, \u003ci\u003eThings Fall Apart \u003c\/i\u003eis the compelling story of one man's battle to protect his community against the forces of change\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOkonkwo  is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads  throughout West Africa like a bush-fire in the harmattan. 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 off-balance he  can only hurtle towards tragedy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1958,  Chinua Achebe's stark, coolly ironic novel reshaped both African and  world literature, and has sold over ten million copies in forty-five  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 \u003ci\u003eArrow of God\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo Longer at Ease\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'His courage and generosity are made manifest in the work' Toni Morrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The writer in whose company the prison walls fell down' Nelson Mandela\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A great book, that bespeaks a great, brave, kind, human spirit'  John Updike\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith an Introduction by Biyi Bandele\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31696027746401,"sku":"9780141186887","price":9.26,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32415815.jpg?v=1737274599","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141186887-things-fall-apart","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}