Wizard of the Crow
Author(s): Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
In exile now for more than twenty years, Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet and critic Ngugi wa Thiong o has become one of the most widely read African writers. Commencing in our times and set in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria, Wizard of the Crow dramatizes with corrosive humor and keenness of observation a battle for control of the souls of the Aburirian people. Fashioning the stories of the powerful and the ordinary into a dazzling mosaic, this magnificent novel reveals humanity in all its endlessly surprising complexity."
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Ngugi wa Thiong'o is the author of, among other works, "Petals of Blood," "Weep Not Child," "The River Between," "A Grain of Wheat," "The Devil on the Cross," and "Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature," now an essential text in post-colonial studies. Ngugi has argued that English is a "cultural bomb" that continues to erase pre-colonial cultures and history, even as it institutes new and more insiduous forms of colonialism. As Kenyan, he writes in his native Gikuyu, translating his works into English himself.
General Fields
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- : Random House USA Inc
- : Random House Inc
- : 0.59
- : 203mm X 132mm X 36mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : 768
- : 0708
- : Paperback / softback
- : Ngugi Wa Thiong'o