No Longer at Ease
KSh805.00
The second book in Achebeâs âAfrican trilogyâ: A classic story of personal and moral struggle as well as turbulent social conflict. When Obi Okonkwoâgrandson of Okonkwo, the main character in Things Fall Apartâreturns to Nigeria from England in the 1950s, his foreign education separates him from his African roots. Heâs becoming a part of a ruling elite whose corruption he finds repugnant. Forced to choose between traditional values and the demands of a changing world, he finds himself trapped between the expectations of his family, his village, and the larger society around him. With unequaled clarity and poignancy, Chinua Achebeâs No Longer at Ease remains a brilliant statement of the challenges facing Nigeria today.
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