More than two million copies of Things Fall Apart have been sold in the United States since it was first published here in 1959. Worldwide, there are eight million copies in print in fifty different languages. This is Chinua Achebe's masterpiece and it is often compared to the great Greek tragedies, and currently sells more than one hundred thousand copies a year in the United States. A simple story of a "strong man" whose life is dominated by fear and anger, Things Fall Apart is written with remarkable economy and subtle irony. Uniquely and richly African, at the same time it reveals Achebe's keen awareness of the human qualities common to men of all times and places.

★这个世界土崩瓦解了，再也回不到从前！ ★诺贝尔学院、《纽约时报》“所有时代百部最佳文学作品” ★布克奖经典作品 ★译成50多种语言，全球销量超过1200万册，至今雄踞美国图书畅销榜前50名 ★有这本书给我做伴，监狱的高墙土崩瓦解了。——曼德拉 奥贡喀沃是这九个村庄远近闻名的大人物，他是最伟大的摔跤手，有三个妻子，两个装满木薯的仓房，即将成为氏族的领袖。 然而，一场意外使奥贡喀沃遭到流放。七年后，返回家乡时，他面临的是一个被新世界所冲击的村庄，这里的世界已经再也回不到从前……