Can I read The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart; Arrow of God; No Longer at Ease (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) on EtoBox?

The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart; Arrow of God; No Longer at Ease (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Achebe, Chinua, author, Appiah, Anthony, author of foreword; Achebe, Chinua. Things fall apart; Achebe, Chinua. No longer at ease; Achebe, Chinua. Arrow of God is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart; Arrow of God; No Longer at Ease (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) about?

1 online resource "Chinua Achebe is considered the father of modern African literature, the writer who "opened the magic casements of African fiction." The African Trilogy--comprised of Things Fall Apart, Arrow of God, and No Longer at Ease--is his magnum opus. In these masterly novels, Achebe brilliantly imagines the lives of three generations of an African community as their world is upended by the forces of colonialism from the first arrival of the British to the waning days of empire. The trilogy opens with the groundbreaking Things Fall Apart, the tale of Okonkwo, a hero in his village, whose clashes with missionaries -- coupled with his own tragic pride -- lead to his fall from grace. Arrow of God takes up the ongoing conflict between continuity and change as Ezeulu, the headstrong chief priest, finds his authority is under threat from rivals and colonial functionaries. But he believes himself to be untouchable and is determined to lead his people, even if it is towards their own destruction. Finally, in No Longer at Ease, Okonkwo's grandson, educated in England, returns to a civil-service job in Lagos, only to see his morality erode as he clings to his membership in the ruli

Who reads The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart; Arrow of God; No Longer at Ease (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)?

Author

Achebe, Chinua, author, Appiah, Anthony, author of foreword; Achebe, Chinua. Things fall apart; Achebe, Chinua. No longer at ease; Achebe, Chinua. Arrow of God

Publisher

New York, NY : Penguin Classics

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780143131342

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.6 / 5 (712 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14