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The African Trilogy by Chinua Achebe

3 primary works • 4 total works
Kwame Anthony Appiah wrote an appreciation of this trilogy in the New York Review of Books: The Achievement of Chinua Achebe.

Book 1

Things Fall Apart
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3.75 · 417663 Ratings · 23867 Reviews · published 1958 · 316 editions
A simple story of a "strong man" whose life is dom…

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    Book 2

    Arrow of God
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    3.79     · 9477 Ratings · 827 Reviews · published 1964 · 4 editions
    Set in the Igbo heartland of eastern Nigeria, one …

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    Book 3

    No Longer at Ease
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    3.87     · 13230 Ratings · 1152 Reviews · published 1961 · 2 editions
    An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here…

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    The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart, No Longer at Ease, Arrow of God
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    4.26     · 1234 Ratings · 120 Reviews · published 1988 · 17 editions
    Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe's first novel, ha…

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