β Scribed by NgΕ©gΔ© Wa Thiongβo
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
From the exiled Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and literary criticΒa magisterial comic novel that is certain to take its place as a landmark of postcolonial African literature.
In exile now for more than twenty years, Ngugl wa Thiongβo has become one of the most widely read African writers of our time, the power and scope of his work garnering him international attention and praise. His aim in Wizard of the Crow is, in his own words,nothing less than βto sum up Africa of the twentieth century in the context of two thousand years of world history.β
Commencing in βour timesβ and set in the βFree Republic of Aburlria,β the novel dramatizes with corrosive humor and keenness of observation a battle for control of the souls of the Aburlrian people. Among the contenders: His High Mighty Excellency; the eponymous Wizard, an avatar of folklore and wisdom; the corrupt Christian Ministry; and the nefarious Global Bank. Fashioning the stories of the powerful and the ordinary into a dazzling mosaic, Wizard of the Crow reveals humanity in all its endlessly surprising complexity.
Informed by richly enigmatic traditional African storytelling, Wizard of the Crow is a masterpiece, the crowning achievement in Ngugl wa Thiongβoβs career thus far.
Library : General
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9781400033843
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