Things Fall ApartPearson Education, Limited, 1976 - 150 頁 THINGS FALL APART tells two overlapping, intertwining stories, both of which center around Okonkwo, a "strong man" of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The first of these stories traces Okonkwo's fall from grace with the tribal world in which he lives, and in its classical purity of line and economical beauty it provides us with a powerful fable about the immemorial conflict between the individual and society. The second story, which is as modern as the first is ancient, and which elevates the book to a tragic plane, concerns the clash of cultures and the destruction of Okonkwo's world through the arrival of aggressive, proselytizing European missionaries. These twin dramas are perfectly harmonized, and they are modulated by an awareness capable of encompassing at once the life of nature, human history, and the mysterious compulsions of the soul. THINGS FALL APART is the most illuminating and permanent monument we have to the modern African experience as seen from within. |
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... followed her silently . Women and children returning from the stream with pots of water on their heads wondered what was happening until they saw Okagbue and guessed that it must be something to do with ogbanje . And they all knew ...
... followed her silently . Women and children returning from the stream with pots of water on their heads wondered what was happening until they saw Okagbue and guessed that it must be something to do with ogbanje . And they all knew ...
第 86 頁
... the traditional farewell to their father . Okonkwo's gun had exploded and a piece of iron had pierced the boy's heart . The confusion that followed was without parallel in the tra- dition of Umuofia . Violent deaths were frequent , but 86.
... the traditional farewell to their father . Okonkwo's gun had exploded and a piece of iron had pierced the boy's heart . The confusion that followed was without parallel in the tra- dition of Umuofia . Violent deaths were frequent , but 86.
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... followed by No Longer at Ease ( AWS 3 ) and Arrow of God ( AWS 16 ) . A Man of the People ( AWS 31 ) aroused widespread interest on publi- cation at the time of the January 1966 coup because of its prophetic ending . The effect of his ...
... followed by No Longer at Ease ( AWS 3 ) and Arrow of God ( AWS 16 ) . A Man of the People ( AWS 31 ) aroused widespread interest on publi- cation at the time of the January 1966 coup because of its prophetic ending . The effect of his ...
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