Random House Books for Young Readers Things Fall Apart: A Novel

Great African literature, precise, rich in sayings and proverbs.A captivating tale.

Wonderful read!

the book is nice but it came crumbled a bit in the back

Perfect.

Good

This is a hard back edition of the book, aimed at school students, with the inclusion of extra explanatory notes. The original story is a classic. This edition is well-bound, in good condition and has helpful notes.

I finished reading the book in less than a week, I simply couldn't put it down. Brilliant author and storyteller, much respect for him.

Achebe does what good writers do: tells the truth, as honestly and often painfully as necessary. He paints a picture of pre-colonial Nigerian society that is at once beautiful and terrible, avoiding the rubber-stamped anti-colonial narrative of more modern works. In doing this he establishes trust with the reader and identification with the characters he creates. They become, living, breathing people, with their flaws and humanity intact, not cardboard cutouts, puppets to play out whatever political agenda the author may ham-handedly try to enact because it's currently in fashion.