{"product_id":"no-longer-at-ease-the-african-trilogy-3-by-chinua-achebe","title":"No Longer at Ease (The African Trilogy, 3) by Chinua Achebe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“A magical writer—one of the greatest of the twentieth century.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—Margaret Atwood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“African literature is incomplete and unthinkable without the works of Chinua Achebe.” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e—Toni Morrison\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA classic story of moral struggle in an age of turbulent social change and the final book in Chinua Achebe’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe African Trilogy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Obi Okonkwo, grandson of Okonkwo, the main character in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThings Fall Apart\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e returns to Nigeria from England in the 1950s, his foreign education separates him from his African roots. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNo Longer at Ease,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the third and concluding novel in Chinua Achebe’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe African Trilogy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, depicts the uncertainties that beset the nation of Nigeria, as independence from colonial rule loomed near. In Obi Okonkwo’s experiences, the ambiguities, pitfalls, and temptations of a rapidly evolving society are revealed. He is part of a ruling Nigerian elite whose corruption he finds repugnant. His fate, however, overtakes him as he finds himself trapped between the expectation of his family, his village—both representations of the traditional world of his ancestors—and the colonial world.  A story of a man lost in cultural limbo, and a nation entering a new age of disillusionment, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNo Longer at Ease\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a powerful metaphor for his generation of young Nigerians.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53037618659644,"sku":"9780385474559","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/2005\/files\/81flFBzgVOL._SL1500.jpg?v=1778082164","url":"https:\/\/frugalbookstore.net\/products\/no-longer-at-ease-the-african-trilogy-3-by-chinua-achebe","provider":"Frugal Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}