CD audiobook
Things fall apart
Record details
- ISBN: 1402573723
- ISBN: 9781402544620
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Physical Description:
sound recording
sound disc
6 sound discs (6.5 hours) : digital ; 4 3/4 inches. - Edition: Unabridged edition.
- Publisher: Prince Frederick, Maryland : Recorded Books, 1997.
- Copyright: ©1959.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Compact discs. Originally published as a book in 1959. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Narrated by Peter Francis James. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Nigeria -- Race relations -- Fiction Igbo (African people) -- Fiction Men -- Nigeria -- Fiction |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Rupert Library | CDTB Ache (Text) | 33294001985522 | Talking Books | Volume hold | Available | - |
- AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 1995 January
Okonkwo, driven by blinding ambition, finally overcomes his father's legacy of shame. Or does he? In the Ibo village of Umuofia at a time when the tribe is intact, the gods are respected, and planting yams is a man's principal responsibility, Achebe tells, above all, a man's story. Like Okonkwo's life, it is clean, hard and beautiful, but finally painful when the orderly, peaceful village life comes crashing into Christianity. Peter Francis James's bass voice resonates perfectly with the elevated diction and multiple voices of Achebe's novel. It's a firm, sometimes furious voice, when speaking the powerful Okonkwo, but yielding and playful with his daughter, Ezinma. Full of melodic richness, James projects Achebe's genuinely African cadences with a power and dignity equal to his vision, giving us finally in audio the most moving picture ever of African village life by an African. P.E.F. Winner of AUDIOFILE's Earphones Award Copyright 1999 AudioFile Reviews - AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 1998 April/May
Okonkwo, driven by blinding ambition, finally overcomes his father's legacy of shame. Or does he? In the Ibo village of Umuofia at a time when the tribe is intact, the gods are respected, and planting yams is a man's principal responsibility, Achebe tells, above all, a man's story. Like Okonkwo's life, it is clean, hard and beautiful, but finally painful when the orderly, peaceful village life comes crashing into Christianity. Peter Francis James's bass voice resonates perfectly with the elevated diction and multiple voices of Achebe's novel. It's a firm, sometimes furious voice, when speaking the powerful Okonkwo, but yielding and playful with his daughter, Ezinma. Full of melodic richness, James projects Achebe's genuinely African cadences with a power and dignity equal to his vision, giving us finally in audio the most moving picture ever of African village life by an African. P.E.F. Winner of AUDIOFILE's Earphones Award Copyright 1999 AudioFile Reviews - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 1998 February
Peter Frances James offers a superb narration of Nigerian novelist Achebe's deceptively simple 1959 masterpiece. In direct, almost fable-like prose, it depicts the rise and fall of Okonkwo, a Nigerian whose sense of manliness is more akin to that of his warrior ancestors than to that of his fellow clansmen who have converted to Christianity and are appeasing the British administrators who infiltrate their village. The tough, proud, hardworking Okonkwo is at once a quintessential old-order Nigerian and a universal character in whom sons of all races have identified the figure of their father. Achebe creates a many-sided picture of village life and a sympathetic hero. A good recording of this novel has been long overdue, and the unhurried grace and quiet dignity of James's narration make it essential for every collection.?Peter Josyph, New York Copyright 1998 Cahners Business Information.
