Wizard of the Crow

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Comic novel! a landmark of postcolonial African Literature! from the exiled Kenyan author. Zusammenfassung Set in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria! Wizard of the Crow dramatises with searing humour and piercing 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! Ngugi wa Thiog'o reveals humanity in all its surprising intricacy.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ngugi wa Thiong&apos, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, O, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Ngugi Wa Thiong'O
• Verlag: Vintage UK
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 22.03.2007
• EAN: 9780099502685
• ISBN: 978-0-09-950268-5
• Seiten: 767
• Abmessung: 131 mm x 198 mm x 41 mm
• Serie: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur