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Ngugi wa Thiong&apos, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, O, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Wizard of the Crow

English · Paperback

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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.

Product details

Authors	Ngugi wa Thiong&apos, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, O, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Publisher	Vintage UK

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback
Released	22.03.2007

EAN	9780099502685
ISBN	978-0-09-950268-5
No. of pages	767
Dimensions	131 mm x 198 mm x 41 mm
Series	VINTAGE BOOKS
Subject	Fiction > Narrative literature

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