No Longer at Ease
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No Longer at Ease is a novel by Chinua Achebe that explores the moral and cultural conflicts faced by a young Nigerian civil servant in the late colonial era.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| No Longer at Ease canonical | 2 |
| The African Trilogy | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Chinua Achebe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| character |
Christopher
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Clara Okeke NERFINISHED ⓘ Hannah Okonkwo NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Okeke NERFINISHED ⓘ Mr. Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Obi Okonkwo NERFINISHED ⓘ Samuel Okonkwo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| followsCharacterFrom | Things Fall Apart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
postcolonial literature ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | stage adaptations ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9780435900019 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
African literature
ⓘ
Nigerian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Obi Okonkwo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of postcolonial Nigerian civil service
ⓘ
exploration of the pressures on educated African elites ⓘ |
| pageCount | about 176 ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | African Writers Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| prequelTo | Arrow of God NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistEducation | British-educated ⓘ |
| protagonistEthnicity | Igbo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistName | Obi Okonkwo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | civil servant ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1960 ⓘ |
| publisher | Heinemann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sequelTo | Things Fall Apart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setAfter | Things Fall Apart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInCountry | Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | late colonial Nigeria ⓘ |
| settingCity | Lagos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | Eastern Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
bribery
ⓘ
clash between tradition and modernity ⓘ colonial bureaucracy ⓘ corruption ⓘ cultural conflict ⓘ identity crisis ⓘ moral conflict ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The African Trilogy