No Longer at Ease
by Chinua Achebe
Taste attributes: dramahistoricalpoliticalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringsocial commentarycomplex relationshipinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, stirring novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like stories that hit hard.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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4.3 / 5
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About This Book
When Obi Okonkwo, grandson of Okonkwo, the main character in Things Fall Apart returns to Nigeria from England in the 1950s, his foreign education separates him from his African roots. No Longer at Ease, the third and concluding novel in Chinua Achebe’s The African Trilogy, depicts the uncertainties that beset the nation of Nigeria, as independence from colonial rule loomed near.
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- Author
- Chinua Achebe
- Published
- 1960
- Pages
- 169
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- Open Library
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