Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Things Fall Apart
This year, we are celebrating the 60th anniversary of Chinua Achebe’s classic, Things Fall Apart. The novel, first published in 1958, has been translated into 57 languages and has sold over 20 million copies.
Things Fall Apart is the first book from The African Trilogy which tells the story of modern Nigeria over three generations, from first colonial contact to urban migration.
Chinua Achebe (1930-2013) was a Nigerian novelist and poet who is admired as the father of modern African literature. He taught at Brown University and Bard College and was the recipient of the Nigerian National Merit Award and the Man Booker International Prize for lifetime achievement.
Toni Morrison spoke of his writings, “African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.”
Browse all the books included in The African Trilogy below:
Chinua Achebe is considered the father of modern African literature, the writer who "opened the magic casements of African fiction." The African Trilogy—comprised of Things Fall Apart, Arrow of God, and No Longer at Ease—is his magnum opus.
In these masterly novels, Achebe brilliantly imagines the lives of three... Read more >
“A true classic of world literature . . . A masterpiece that has inspired generations of writers in Nigeria, across Africa, and around the world.” —Barack Obama
“African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison
"A magical writer - one of the greates of the... Read more >
“African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison
“A magical writer—one of the greatest of the twentieth century.” —Margaret Atwood
“My favorite novel.” —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
When Things Fall Apart ends, colonial rule has been introduced to Umuofia, and the... Read more >
“A magical writer—one of the greatest of the twentieth century.” —Margaret Atwood
“African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” —Toni Morrison
A classic story of moral struggle in an age of turbulent social change and the final book in Chinua Achebe’s The African... Read more >
