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Things Fall Apart

by: Chinua Achebe

Rating: 4

Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.

Okonkwo commands respect from his community, his three wives, and his children through both hard work and intimidation. He rises to prominence despite and perhaps due to his father's laziness in community and family matters. He stands firm to his culture and traditions. So he is outraged when some of his people start converting to Christianity. A power struggle ensues and 'things fall apart.'

I'm intrigued by Achebe's history and background. I'd like to read the sequel to this book, No Longer at Ease, at some point.

1959, 209 pp