{"product_id":"9780385474542","title":"Things Fall Apart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThings Fall Apart\u003c\/i\u003e is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe's critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa's cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, \u003ci\u003eThings Fall Apart \u003c\/i\u003eexplores one man's futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith more than 20 million copies sold and translated into fifty-seven languages, \u003ci\u003eThings Fall Apart \u003c\/i\u003eprovides one of the most illuminating and permanent monuments to African experience. Achebe does not only capture life in a pre-colonial African village, he conveys the tragedy of the loss of that world while broadening our understanding of our contemporary realities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46958799061232,"sku":"9780385474542","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780385474542_p0.jpg?v=1769892654","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780385474542","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}