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Things fall apart / Chinua Achebe.

Achebe, Chinua, (author.).

Summary:

First published in 1959, this novel tells the story of Okonkwo, the leader of an Igbo (Ibo) community who is banished for accidentally killing a clansman. The novel covers the seven years of his exile to his return, providing an inside view of the intrusion of white missionaries and colonial government into tribal Igbo society in the 1890s.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385474542
  • ISBN: 0385474547
  • Physical Description: 209 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Anchor books edition published 1994, Published in Penguin Books 2017.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2017.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes a glossary of Ibo words and phrases.
Target Audience Note:
890L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader UG 6.2 8 8 79634
Subject: Igbo (African people) > Fiction.
British > Nigeria > Fiction.
Men > Nigeria > Fiction.
Race relations > Fiction.
Nigeria > Fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Allentown Public Library ACHEBE, CHINUA (Text) 34455006098046 Storage Available -
Bethlehem Main Library YPBK (Text) 33062009222424 YA Paperback Available -


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