{"product_id":"things-fall-apart-a-novel","title":"Things Fall Apart: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHINGS FALL APART tells two overlapping  intertwining stories  both of which center around Okonkwo  a strong man of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first of these stories traces Okonkwos fall from grace with the tribal world in which he lives  and in its classical purity of line and economical beauty it provides us with a powerful fable about the immemorial conflict between the individual and society. The second story  which is as modern as the first is ancient  and which elevates the book to a tragic plane  concerns the clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwos world through the arrival of aggressive  proselytizing European missionaries. These twin dramas are perfectly harmonized  and they are modulated by an awareness capable of encompassing at once the life of nature  human history  and the mysterious compulsions of the soul. THINGS FALL APART is the most illuminating and permanent monument we have to the modern African experience as seen from within.  From the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986110017589,"sku":"ByrdShop_0385667833","price":27.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780385667838.jpg?v=1770887313","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/things-fall-apart-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}