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003			OCoLC
005			20220505110956.0
008			860804s1986 enka 000 1 eng
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020			_a0435909886 (pbk.)
035			_a(OCoLC)5525007
040			_aUKM _cUKM _dOCL _dYDXCP _dOQP _dALAUL _dOG#
049			_aONUU
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100	1		_aAchebe, Chinua
245	1	0	_aThings fall apart / _cChinua Achebe ; illustrated by Uche Okeke
250			_a1st edition [1986]
260			_aLondon : _bHeinemann, _c1958
300			_a150 p. : _bill. ; _c20 cm
490	1		_aAfrican writers series ; _vAWS 1
500			_aFirst published by Willial Heinemann Ltd., 1958. First published in Africa Writers Series as AWS 1, in 1962
520			_aThe story of Chinua Achebe's novel Things Fall Apart takes place in the Nigerian village of Umuofia in the late 1880s, before missionaries and other outsiders have arrived. The Ibo clan practices common tribal traditions - worship of gods, sacrifice, communal living, war, and magic. Leadership is based on a man's personal worth and his contribution to the good of the tribe. Okonkwo stands out as a great leader of the Ibo tribe. Tribesmen respect Okonkwo for his many achievements. Even though the tribe reveres Okonkwo, he must be punished for his accidental shooting of a young tribesman. The Ibo ban Okonkwo from the clan for seven years. Upon his return to the village, Okonkwo finds a tribe divided by the influence of missionaries and English bureaucrats who have interrupted the routine of tradition. Only when Okonkwo commits the ultimate sin against the tribe does the tribe come back together to honor custom
650		0	_aIgbo (African people) _vFiction
651		0	_aNigeria _xRace relations _vFiction
651		0	_aNigeria _vFiction
653			_aFiction in English _aNigerian writers, to 1960 - Texts
700	1		_aOkeke, Uche, _d1933- _eIll
830		0	_aAfrican writers series
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