Thiong'o, Ngugi Wa Wizard of the Crow ISBN 13: 9781846550348

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In exile for more than twenty years, Ngugi wa Thiong'o 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 'to sum up Africa of the twentieth century in the context of 2,000 years of world history.'

Commencing in' our times' and set in the 'Free Republic of Aburiria', the novel dramatises with corrosive humour and keenness of 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 reveals humanity in all its ceaselessly surprising complexity.

Informed by richly enigmatic traditional African storytelling, Wizard of the Crow is a masterpiece, the crowning achievement in Ngugi wa Thiong'o's career thus far.

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"Epic....daring satire"
-- The Sunday Times
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A MAJOR EVENT: from the exiled Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and literary critic -- a magisterial comic novel that is certain to take its place as a landmark of postcolonial African Literature.

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  • PublisherHarvill Secker
  • Publication date2006
  • ISBN 10 1846550343
  • ISBN 13 9781846550348
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages784
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