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        Things Fall Apart


        setting

        Nigeria

        time

        1890s

        language

        English

        region

        Africa

        year published

        1958

        page count

        209

        difficulty

        Intermediate

        main characters

        Okonkwo

        Rip's impressions

        The long needed balance to Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. This artful, classic rendering takes the same story––a crew of white Europeans who journey by boat up a river into the African Jungle––but from the inhabitant tribe's perspective reacting to the intrusive invasion of these foreigners gone mad.

        first line

        Okonwko was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond. His fame rested on solid personal achievements.

        last lines

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