![]() It is a classic narrative about Africa’s cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe’s critically acclaimed African Trilogy. And Changez's own identity is in seismic shift as well, unearthing allegiances more fundamental than money, power, and perhaps even love. For a time, it seems as though nothing will stand in the way of Changez's meteoric rise to personal and professional success: the fulfilment of the immigrant's dream.īut in the wake of September 11, he finds his position in the city he loves suddenly overturned, and his budding relationship with Erica eclipsed by the reawakened ghosts of her past. ![]() And his infatuation with fragile Erica promises entree into Manhattan society on the exalted footing his own family once held back in Lahore. ![]() ![]() As dusk deepens to dark, he begins the tale that has brought him to this fateful meeting.Īmong the brightest and best of his graduating class at Princeton, Changez is snapped up by an elite firm and thrives on New York and the intensity of his work. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2007Īt a café table in Lahore, a Pakistani man converses with a stranger. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |