cannot seem to find the publishing house in the book's catalog or in the encyclopedia...
2007-03-24 18:10:49 · 7 answers · asked by luke_bickford 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
First published in England in 1958 by William Heinemann, Ltd.
2007-03-24 18:18:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
full title · Things Fall Apart
author · Chinua Achebe
genre · Postcolonial critique; tragedy
time and place written · 1959, Nigeria
date of first publication · 1959
publisher · Heinemann Educational Books
narrator · The narrator is anonymous but shows sympathy for the various residents of Umuofia.
tense · Past
setting (time) · 1890s
setting (place) · Lower Nigerian villages, Iguedo and Mbanta in particular
protagonist · Okonkwo
motifs · Chi, animal imagery
symbols · The novel is highly symbolic, and it asks to be read in symbolic terms. Two of the main symbols are the locusts and fire. The locusts symbolize the white colonists descending upon the Africans, seeming to augur good but actually portending troublesome encounters. Fire epitomizes Okonkwo’s nature—he is fierce and destructive. A third symbol, the drums, represents the physical connection of the community of clansmen in Umuofia, and acts as a metaphorical heartbeat that beats in unison, uniting all the village members.
2007-03-25 01:32:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"THINGS FALL APART"
Achebe, Chinua
Book Description: Fawcett Premier, New York, 1959.
Originally published in 1958, THINGS FALL APART is the life story of a leader and local wrestling champion throughout the nine villages of the Ibo tribe of Umuofia, his three wives, his children and the influences of British colonialism and Christian missionaries on his traditional Ibo (or Igbo) community.
2007-03-25 01:19:40 · answer #3 · answered by love_2b_curious 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I looked up an online site for first edition books, and I found that the 1959 First edition was published. by McDowell and Obolensky
*edit* sorry my answer is likely the first American printing. I'd go with Heinemann above.
2007-03-25 01:21:52 · answer #4 · answered by hgherron2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be Chinua Achebe... I read it last year. It's a really touching book... really makes you think.
2007-03-25 01:14:46 · answer #5 · answered by Charity 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it was published by doubleday and anchor books. .
2007-03-25 01:14:54 · answer #6 · answered by feeling cheesy? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
chinua achebe
i read it last year. i didn't like it that much.
2007-03-25 01:13:27 · answer #7 · answered by mochachocolata 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋