Things Fall Apart

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Igbo People

Umuofia

Umuofia

Key Facts
FULL TITLE Things Fall Apart

AUTHOR Chinua Achebe

TYPE OF WORK Novel

GENRE Postcolonial critique; tragedy

LANGUAGE English

TIME AND PLACE WRITTEN 1959, Nigeria

 NARRATOR The narrator is anonymous but shows sympathy for the various residents of Umuofia.

POINT OF VIEW The narration is in the third person, by an omniscient figure who focuses on Okonkwo but switches from character to character to detail the thoughts and motives of various individuals.

 SETTING (TIME) 1890s

SETTING (PLACE) Lower Nigerian villages, Iguedo and Mbanta in particular