{"product_id":"2026200007656-secondhand-things-fall-apart","title":"Things Fall Apart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark of postcolonial literature, Things Fall Apart chronicles the life of Okonkwo, a proud and powerful wrestling champion in the Igbo village of Umuofia in late nineteenth-century Nigeria, whose fierce ambition and rigid adherence to tradition set the stage for a devastating personal and cultural collision. Achebe masterfully illustrates the richness, complexity, and internal tensions of Igbo society before the arrival of European missionaries and colonial administrators, dismantling the reductive portrayals of Africa long perpetuated by Western literature. The novel's tone is measured and unflinching, drawing on the cadences of oral storytelling to present a world of proverbs, communal rituals, and deeply held values that are slowly eroded by the forces of colonialism. As Okonkwo's world fractures around him, Achebe argues with quiet but devastating power that the tragedy is not merely personal — it is the story of an entire civilization forced to reckon with an imposed and alien order. Widely regarded as one of the most important novels of the twentieth century, it remains an essential and profoundly moving work of world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887879041243,"sku":"2026200007656-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/bc4d77ce-3494-4237-a929-66d30a580e7c.png?v=1781747569","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200007656-secondhand-things-fall-apart","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}