Things Fall Apart

Okonkwo rises to legendary status as the greatest wrestler and warrior in West Africa, but an accidental killing sets him on an irreversible course toward ruin. When he returns from exile, he finds his village transformed by colonial rule and Christian missionaries, leaving him powerless to resist the collapse of his world. Chinua Achebe's seminal novel is a stark examination of cultural collision, told with cool irony and unsparing precision that forever altered the landscape of African and world literature.