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Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe · 1958

209 pages

Okonkwo, a respected wrestler and farmer in a Nigerian village, builds his standing on a fear of appearing weak. When he is exiled and, years later, British missionaries and officials arrive, the customs that shaped him begin to collapse around him and his people.

Tropes

Rebellion, Betrayal, Melancholic

Content warnings: suicide

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