{"product_id":"things-fall-apart","title":"Things Fall Apart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOkonkwo is the greatest wrestler and warrior alive, and his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire in the harmattan. But when he accidentally kills a clansman, things begin to fall apart. Then Okonkwo returns from exile to find missionaries and colonial governors have arrived in the village. With his world thrown radically off-balance he can only hurtle towards tragedy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1958, Chinua Achebe's stark, coolly ironic novel reshaped both African and world literature, and has sold over ten million copies in forty-five languages. This arresting parable of a proud but powerless man witnessing the ruin of his people begins Achebe's landmark trilogy of works chronicling the fate of one African community, continued in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eArrow of God\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNo Longer at Ease\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57182702764405,"sku":"21636","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/9833\/files\/THINGS_FALL_APART.jpg?v=1780064808","url":"https:\/\/shop.barbican.org.uk\/products\/things-fall-apart","provider":"Barbican Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}