Wizard of the Crow
Informed by traditional African storytelling, discover Ngugi wa Thiong'o's masterpiece. To honour the Ruler's birthday, the Free Republic of Aburiria set out to build a tower; a modern wonder of the world that will reach the gates of Heaven. But behind this pillar of unity a battle for control of the Aburirian people rages. Among the contenders: the eponymous Wizard, an avatar of folklore and wisdom; the corrupt Christian Ministry; and the nefarious Global Bank.'Mythological but also cheerfully disenchanted; political and playful; cartoonish but also epical... the African novel may well have delivered its greatest masterpiece' Sunday Herald
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Informed by traditional African storytelling, discover Ngugi wa Thiong'o's masterpiece. To honour the Ruler's birthday, the Free Republic of Aburiria set out to build a tower; a modern wonder of the world that will reach the gates of Heaven. But behind this pillar of unity a battle for control of the Aburirian people rages. Among the contenders: the eponymous Wizard, an avatar of folklore and wisdom; the corrupt Christian Ministry; and the nefarious Global Bank.'Mythological but also cheerfully disenchanted; political and playful; cartoonish but also epical... the African novel may well have delivered its greatest masterpiece' Sunday Herald
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128 mm | 195 mm | 53 mm | 0.54 kg
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
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0
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Verlag
Random House UK
ISBN-10
1784873357
ISBN-13
9781784873356
Autor
Ngugi Wa Thiong'O
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
768
Themen
Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, Magischer Realismus, Afrika
Keywords
Satirischer Stil / Satire, Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung, Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, Afrika / Roman, Erzählung, TB/Belletristik/Romane/Erzählungen, Kenianische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung, Afrika, Magischer Realismus, FICTION / Magical Realism
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Ngugi Wa Thiong'O
Ngugi wa Thiong'o is one of the leading writers and scholars at work in the world today. His books include the novels Petals of Blood, for which he was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977, A Grain of Wheat and Wizard of the Crow; the memoirs, Dreams in a Time of War, In the House of the Interpreter and Birth of a Dream Weaver; and the essays, Decolonizing the Mind, Something Torn and New and Globalectics. Recipient of many honours, among them ten honorary doctorates, he is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.
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