Things Fall Apart, by Chinua Achebe

Introductory essays reflect on Achebe's poineering achievement and evaluate the enduring, internations poularity of Things Fall Apart. Also included is a comparison of Things Fall Apart to major literary works within the westerm canon, such as the Odyssey and the Illiad. Other essays discuss the depeiction of gender, the presentation of cultural violence, and the portayal of colonization within the novel.