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# 4.4/5 star reader rating Explores colonialism & culture Classic African literature Things Fall Apart: A Novel (The African Trilogy)

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## Summary

> 📖 Own the story that defined a continent’s voice.

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## Key Features

- • **Widely Acclaimed:** Over 14,000 readers rate it 4.4 stars—join the global conversation.
- • **Compact Yet Powerful:** Perfect length for busy professionals craving meaningful reads.
- • **Essential for Every Bookshelf:** A must-have classic that sparks thought and dialogue.
- • **Timeless Cultural Masterpiece:** Dive into a narrative that shaped modern African literature.
- • **Unflinching Social Commentary:** Confronts colonialism and tradition without sugarcoating.

## Overview

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is a seminal novel in African literature, offering a profound exploration of tradition, identity, and colonial impact. With a 4.4-star rating from over 14,000 readers, this Anchor Books edition delivers a compact yet powerful narrative that remains essential for understanding cultural and historical complexities.

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Buy Things Fall Apart: A Novel (The African Trilogy) Anchor Books ed by Achebe, Chinua (ISBN: 9780385474542) from desertcart's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Review: Timeless Classic - Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is an absolutely brilliant read. The size is perfect, not too long, but powerful enough to leave a lasting impact. The writing is clear, engaging, and rich with culture and meaning. The quality of the story is outstanding. Achebe captures tradition, identity, and change in a way that feels both personal and universal. This is actually my second time reading it, and it was just as gripping and thought-provoking as the first. A true classic that deserves a spot on every bookshelf. Highly recommended!
Review: Mediocre yet somehow unmissable - As a literary work this is often flawed - the narrative style is simple but rarely concise, and there are whole episodes where Achebe seems unsure if he's simply intending to say something important about tribal life, or just advancing the story. He rarely achieves both. Achebe also has a habit of glossing over major turning points - almost as though they were asides. It may be a deliberate approach, reflecting the matter of fact nature of the society at hand. Or it may just be bad writing. I suspect the latter. But the objectivity of the piece is to be applauded: not least as there is nothing romantic or even admirable about the wife-beating, step son-murdering Okonkwo. This gives the novel a profound force, and the piece raises all the tough questions about colonialism - and indeed modern vs primitive societies. There is no doubt this is a classic - and a classic that must be read. But let's take Achebe's lesson and not romanticise something that could suffer a great deal of improvement.

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## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 14,233 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Timeless Classic
*by A***T on 10 December 2025*

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe is an absolutely brilliant read. The size is perfect, not too long, but powerful enough to leave a lasting impact. The writing is clear, engaging, and rich with culture and meaning. The quality of the story is outstanding. Achebe captures tradition, identity, and change in a way that feels both personal and universal. This is actually my second time reading it, and it was just as gripping and thought-provoking as the first. A true classic that deserves a spot on every bookshelf. Highly recommended!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Mediocre yet somehow unmissable
*by R***N on 2 November 2022*

As a literary work this is often flawed - the narrative style is simple but rarely concise, and there are whole episodes where Achebe seems unsure if he's simply intending to say something important about tribal life, or just advancing the story. He rarely achieves both. Achebe also has a habit of glossing over major turning points - almost as though they were asides. It may be a deliberate approach, reflecting the matter of fact nature of the society at hand. Or it may just be bad writing. I suspect the latter. But the objectivity of the piece is to be applauded: not least as there is nothing romantic or even admirable about the wife-beating, step son-murdering Okonkwo. This gives the novel a profound force, and the piece raises all the tough questions about colonialism - and indeed modern vs primitive societies. There is no doubt this is a classic - and a classic that must be read. But let's take Achebe's lesson and not romanticise something that could suffer a great deal of improvement.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A masterpiece
*by K***R on 20 August 2025*

Chinua Achebe narrates the advent of colonialism through the story of Okonkwo, a respected and fearless village leader in Nigeria. His writing is ferociously honest as he oscillates between folklore and proverbs to illustrate village life and its community values along with brutal descriptions of the horrors of some village traditions like human sacrifices as well as the violent bullying from the colonisers.. The characters in the story are not stereotypical heroes or villains but complex, tender, savage and deeply human. The themes of tradition and progress are explored through a captivating tale which leaves the reader with no clear answers but lots of Emotions. In just over 200 pages we experience a slice of history. History is never binary and Achebe portrays its many facets through sublime writing. No sentence or anecdote is superfluous or sentimental and the prose is fluid and vivid throughout. This is what makes this novel a masterpiece.

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