No Longer at Ease (African Trilogy)

No Longer at Ease (African Trilogy)

<b>A classic story of moral struggle in an age of turbulent social change and the final book in Chinua Achebe€s <i>The African Trilogy</i><br><br></b>When Obi Okonkwo, grandson of Okonkwo, the main character in <i>Things Fall Apart</i> returns to Nigeria from England in the 1950s, his foreign education separates him from his African roots. <i>No Longer at Ease,</i> the third and concluding novel in Chinua Achebe€s <i>The African Trilogy</i>, 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, <i>No Longer at Ease</i> is a powerful metaphor for his generation of young Nigerians.