Things Fall Apart

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:novel
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:film
gptkb:radio_station
gptkb:theatre
gptkbp:author gptkb:Chinua_Achebe
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Time_100_Best_English-language_Novels_(since_1923)
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Nigeria
gptkbp:coverArtist gptkb:Uche_Okeke
gptkbp:criticalReception widely acclaimed
gptkbp:dealsWith clash of cultures
gptkbp:firstEditionPages 209
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:No_Longer_at_Ease
gptkbp:genre historical fiction
tragedy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Things Fall Apart
gptkbp:includedIn school curricula worldwide
gptkbp:influenced African literature
gptkbp:ISBN 978-0-385-47454-2
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:literarySignificance landmark of African literature
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Mr._Brown
gptkb:Ekwefi
gptkb:Ezinma
gptkb:Ikemefuna
gptkb:Nwoye
gptkb:Obierika
gptkb:Okonkwo
gptkb:Reverend_James_Smith
gptkb:Unoka
District Commissioner
gptkbp:notableFor depiction of pre-colonial African society
impact on postcolonial literature
gptkbp:partOfSeries gptkb:The_African_Trilogy
gptkbp:precededBy none
gptkbp:publicationDate 1958
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:William_Heinemann_Ltd
gptkbp:setIn gptkb:Nigeria
gptkb:Igbo_society
gptkbp:setInPeriod late 19th century
gptkbp:soldCopies over 20 million
gptkbp:subject gptkb:missionary
gptkb:British_colonialism
gptkb:Yoruba_religion
gptkbp:theme gptkb:colonialism
gptkb:identity
fate
tradition
change
masculinity
gptkbp:translatedInto over 50 languages
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Second_Coming
gptkb:Chinua_Achebe
gptkb:English_language
gptkb:The_Roots
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5