Wizard of the Crow: Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Softcover
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.
Informed by traditional African storytelling, Wizard of the Crow is widely considered Ngugi wa Thiong'o's masterpiece.
Informed by traditional African storytelling, Wizard of the Crow is widely considered Ngugi wa Thiong'o's masterpiece.
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"Unreservedly a masterpiece" (Scotland on Sunday)
"A huge, comic novel... A shimmering, shifting discourse... mythological but also cheerfully disenchanted; political and playful; cartoonish but also epical... the African novel may well have delivered its greatest masterpiece" (Brian Morton Sunday Herald)
"Epic....daring satire" (Sunday Times)
"Fantastic" (John Updike)
"Truly exciting... the author is a master of farce" (Daily Telegraph)
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"A huge, comic novel... A shimmering, shifting discourse... mythological but also cheerfully disenchanted; political and playful; cartoonish but also epical... the African novel may well have delivered its greatest masterpiece" (Brian Morton Sunday Herald)
"Epic....daring satire" (Sunday Times)
"Fantastic" (John Updike)
"Truly exciting... the author is a master of farce" (Daily Telegraph)
A magisterial comic novel that is certain to take its place as a landmark of postcolonial African Literature from the exiled Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and literary critic
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- PublisherVintage Classics
- Publication date2018
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- ISBN 13 9781784873356
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