No Longer at Ease
Chinua Achebe
first published 1960
When Obi Okonkwo, grandson of Okonkwo, the main character in *Things Fall Apart* returns to Nigeria from England in the 1950s, his foreign education separates him from his African roots. *No Longer at Ease,* the third and concluding novel in Chinua Achebe’s *The African Trilogy*, 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, *No Longer at Ease* is a powerful metaphor for his generation of young Nigerians.
- Fiction
- Igbo (African Tribe)
- City and town life
- Romance
- Roman
- Literatura africana
Editions of No Longer at Ease
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İthaki Yayınları
Paperback · 2019
ISBN 9786053759928
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Penguin Books, Limited
2013
ISBN 9780141393995
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Ithaki Yayinlari
Paperback · 2012
ISBN 9786053751724
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