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Read this with my World Literature classes. I liked reading a book from an entirely different culture and perspective than I normally do. On the negative side, I think the writing wasn't great... but that could have been just lost in translation.
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I read this book since it was required reading for my daughter's G/T 10th grade English class, and although I liked it, it was difficult to read and I find it hard to believe a reluctant teenage reader would be grabbed by it.
Told from the point of view of an African tribal leader who is dealing with the changes European missionaries bring to his land, Things Fall Apart is a great clash of cultures tale. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver has a similar theme and is one of my all-time fav ...more
Told from the point of view of an African tribal leader who is dealing with the changes European missionaries bring to his land, Things Fall Apart is a great clash of cultures tale. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver has a similar theme and is one of my all-time fav ...more
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