No Longer at Ease

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No Longer at Ease is a novel by Chinua Achebe that explores the moral and cultural conflicts faced by a young Nigerian civil servant in the late colonial era.

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No Longer at Ease canonical 4
The African Trilogy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Chinua Achebe
character Christopher
Clara Okeke
Hannah Okonkwo
Joseph Okeke
Mr. Green
Obi Okonkwo
Samuel Okonkwo
countryOfOrigin Nigeria
firstEditionFormat print
followsCharacterFrom Things Fall Apart
genre literary fiction
postcolonial literature
social novel
hasAdaptation stage adaptations
hasISBN 9780435900019
language English
literaryMovement African literature
Nigerian literature
mainCharacter Obi Okonkwo
mediaType print
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor depiction of postcolonial Nigerian civil service
exploration of the pressures on educated African elites
pageCount about 176
partOfSeries African Writers Series
prequelTo Arrow of God
protagonistEducation British-educated
protagonistEthnicity Igbo
protagonistName Obi Okonkwo
protagonistOccupation civil servant
publicationDate 1960
publisher Heinemann
sequelTo Things Fall Apart
setAfter Things Fall Apart
setInCountry Nigeria
setInPeriod late colonial Nigeria
settingCity Lagos
settingRegion Eastern Nigeria
theme bribery
clash between tradition and modernity
colonial bureaucracy
corruption
cultural conflict
identity crisis
moral conflict

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Chinua Achebe notableWork No Longer at Ease
Things Fall Apart partOf The African Trilogy
linked to: No Longer at Ease
Things Fall Apart followedBy No Longer at Ease
Arrow of God follows No Longer at Ease
A Man of the People follows No Longer at Ease