Matigari: A Novel (African Writers Library) - Hardcover

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0865433607 ISBN 13: 9780865433601

Publisher: Africa Research & Publications, 1998

Synopsis

Who is Matigari? Is he young or old; a man or fate; dead or living...or even a resurrection of Jesus Christ? These are the questions asked by the people of this unnamed country, when a man who has survived the war for independence emerges from the mountains and starts making strange claims and demands. Matigari is in search of his family to rebuild his home and start a new and peaceful future. But his search becomes a quest for truth and justice as he finds the people still dispossessed and the land he loves ruled by corruption, fear, and misery. Rumors spring up that a man with superhuman qualities has risen to renew the freedom struggle. The novel races toward its climax as Matigari realizes that words alone cannot defeat the enemy. He vows to use the force of arms to achieve his true liberation. Matigari is a satire on the betrayal of human ideals and on the bitter experience of post-independence African society.

About this title

About the Author:

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o is currently a professor of Comparative Literature and Performance Studies at New York University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Africa Research & Publications
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0865433607
• ISBN 13: 9780865433601
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 158