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Timothy Gray approved Amanda’s request to combine 51 books, including Things Fall Apart: A Novel, Friday, November 6 2009.
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Amanda submitted a request to combine 51 books, including Things Fall Apart: A Novel, Friday, November 6 2009.
Timothy Gray approved this request.( see all changes to this book | see Amanda’s edits | report abuse ) -
Tim W edited the summary of Things Fall Apart: A Novel Thursday, September 17 2009.
A tribal patriarch in pre-colonial Nigeria is forced to confront the changes to his society brought on by the arrival of European settlers. The Anti-“Heart of Darkness”.
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Tim W edited the quotations of Things Fall Apart: A Novel Thursday, September 17 2009.
- Added a quotation: “The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.”
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Shelfari edited the description of Things Fall Apart: A Novel Saturday, August 1 2009.
This is Chinua Achebe's classic novel, with more than two million copies sold since its first U.S. publication in 1969. Combining a richly African story with the author's keen awareness of the qualities common to all humanity, Achebe here shows that he is "gloriously gifted, with the magic of an ebullient, generous, great talent." -- Nadine Gordimer
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Shelfari edited the contributors of Things Fall Apart: A Novel Tuesday, July 21 2009.
- reordered the contributors.
- 1 : Chinua Achebe:
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Shelfari edited the contributors of Things Fall Apart: A Novel Friday, July 17 2009.
- Added a contributor: Chinua Achebe: (Primary Author)
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Shelfari edited the first sentence of Things Fall Apart: A Novel Thursday, July 16 2009.
- Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond.
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