{"product_id":"things-fall-apart-penguin-modern-classics","title":"Things Fall Apart","description":"\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,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThings Fall Apart\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis the compelling story of one man's battle to protect his community against the forces of change\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eArrow of God\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNo Longer at Ease\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'His courage and generosity are made manifest in the work' Toni Morrison\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The writer in whose company the prison walls fell down' Nelson Mandela\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A great book, that bespeaks a great, brave, kind, human spirit' John Updike\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRHD Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45138315083999,"sku":"9780141186887","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9780141186887.jpg?v=1744083859","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.pro\/products\/things-fall-apart-penguin-modern-classics","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}