Things Fall Apart: Introduction by Kwame Anthony AppiahKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1992 - 181 頁 The most widely read book in modern African literature tells two overlapping, intertwining stories, both of which center around a fearless Igbo warrior in Nigeria in the late 1800s, before and after the European colonization of the continent. “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison 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. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read. |
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第 xiii 頁
... nine villages . We learn of the centrality of wrestling in establishing a man's honor ; we learn that his honor brings honor to his village . And we learn that the wrestling match that established the reputation of Okonkwo , our ...
... nine villages . We learn of the centrality of wrestling in establishing a man's honor ; we learn that his honor brings honor to his village . And we learn that the wrestling match that established the reputation of Okonkwo , our ...
第 43 頁
... villages . The last match was between the leaders of the teams . They were among the best wrestlers in all the nine villages . The crowd wondered who would throw the other this year . Some said Okafo was the better man ; others said he ...
... villages . The last match was between the leaders of the teams . They were among the best wrestlers in all the nine villages . The crowd wondered who would throw the other this year . Some said Okafo was the better man ; others said he ...
第 79 頁
... nine villages of Umuofia had grown out of the nine sons of the first father of the clan . Evil Forest represented the village of Umueru , or the children of Eru , who was the eldest of the nine sons . " Umuofia kwenu ! ' shouted the ...
... nine villages of Umuofia had grown out of the nine sons of the first father of the clan . Evil Forest represented the village of Umueru , or the children of Eru , who was the eldest of the nine sons . " Umuofia kwenu ! ' shouted the ...
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Abame Achebe's Agbala ancestors Aneto asked beat began brothers brought buried called cam wood cassava Chielo child Chinua Achebe Chukwu church clan compound cooking court messengers cowries crowd darkness daughter drums earth egwugwu Ekwefi elders Evil Forest Ezeudu Ezinma father fear feast fire foo-foo goatskin gods hand harmattan harvest head heard Ikemefuna in-laws iyi-uwa Kiaga killed king of crops kinsmen knew kola nut Kwame Anthony Appiah looked machete Mbaino Mbanta medicine missionaries morning neighbors night nine villages novel Nwakibie Nwoye Nwoye's mother Obiageli Obierika Ogbuefi Ogidi Okagbue Okon Okonkwo Oracle palm palm-oil pot of palm-wine priestess rain replied returned round season silk-cotton tree soon spirit stood story talking Things Fall thought told took Tortoise tree turned Uchendu Unoka Uzowulu voice walked wife wine wives woman women wrestling yams young