Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe (Penguin Red Classics)

A worldwide bestseller and the first part of Achebe's African Trilogy, Things Fall Apart is the compelling story of Okonkwo, a celebrated wrestler and warrior whose life is thrown into tragedy by accidental violence and the arrival of missionaries and colonial governors in his community. First published in 1958, this stark, coolly ironic novel reshaped African and world literature, selling over ten million copies in forty-five languages.

Recognized as one of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World,' this edition is part of the landmark trilogy chronicling the fate of an African community.

• A powerful parable of a proud man witnessing the ruin of his people.
• The first book in Chinua Achebe's landmark African Trilogy, followed by Arrow of God and No Longer at Ease.
• Features an Introduction by Biyi Bandele.
• Praised by Toni Morrison, Nelson Mandela, and John Updike.

• Author: Achebe, Chinua
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication Date: January 26, 2006
• Binding: Paperback (Perfect binding)
• Language: English
• Print Length: 208 pages
• ISBN-13: 978-0141023380
• Dimensions: 18.1 x 1.5 x 11.1 cm
• Weight: 146 g
• Edition: 1st Edition

Experience this essential piece of world literature, chronicling Okonkwo's descent as his world is radically thrown off-balance.