No Longer at Ease

A classic story of moral struggle in an age of turbulent social change and the final book in Chinua Achebe'sThe African TrilogyWhen Obi Okonkwo, grandson of Okonkwo,the main character inThings Fall Apartreturns 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'sThe 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 ofa 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 villageboth representations of the traditional world of his ancestorsand the colonial world. A story of a man lost in cultural limbo, and a nation entering a new age of disillusionment,No Longer at Easeis a powerful metaphor for his generation of young Nigerians.

A classic story of moral struggle in an age of turbulent social change and the final book in Chinua Achebe'sThe African TrilogyWhen Obi Okonkwo, grandson of Okonkwo,the main character inThings Fall Apartreturns 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'sThe 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 ofa 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 villageboth representations of the traditional world of his ancestorsand the colonial world. A story of a man lost in cultural limbo, and a nation entering a new age of disillusionment,No Longer at Easeis a powerful metaphor for his generation of young Nigerians.