A story about "Things Fall Apart: A Novel" — 4 years ago
Picked it up at a 2nd hand shop, had been on my list of should-reads for ages. The storytelling element is great and there’s a nightmarish sensuality to it which reminds me of the Famished Road. The dialogue is stilted and formal, which is a little disconcerting. I’m not sure whether it was translated from Nigerian and that’s the problem, or whether it’s just the style. (I have a feeling Achebe writes in English so think it must just be the style…) Definitely worthwhile though, especially to get a glimpse of how enormously he influenced the other African postcolonialist writers who came after him.
