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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第 16 頁
... yams . But I can trust you . I know it as I look at you . As our fathers said , you can tell a ripe corn by its look . I shall give you twice four hundred yams . Go ahead and prepare your farm . ' Okonkwo thanked him again and again and ...
... yams . But I can trust you . I know it as I look at you . As our fathers said , you can tell a ripe corn by its look . I shall give you twice four hundred yams . Go ahead and prepare your farm . ' Okonkwo thanked him again and again and ...
第 17 頁
... yams that had been sown . Like all good farmers , Okonkwo had begun to sow with the first rains . He had sown four ... yams were killed . Some farmers had not planted their yams yet . They were the lazy easy - going ones who always put ...
... yams that had been sown . Like all good farmers , Okonkwo had begun to sow with the first rains . He had sown four ... yams were killed . Some farmers had not planted their yams yet . They were the lazy easy - going ones who always put ...
第 23 頁
... yams . He looked at each yam carefully to see whether it was good for sowing . Sometimes he decided that a yam was too big to be sown as one seed and he split it deftly along its length with his sharp knife . His eldest son , Nwoye ...
... yams . He looked at each yam carefully to see whether it was good for sowing . Sometimes he decided that a yam was too big to be sown as one seed and he split it deftly along its length with his sharp knife . His eldest son , Nwoye ...
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