Wizard of the Crow

Name: Wizard of the Crow
Author: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
ISBN: 9781400033843

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

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A landmark of postcolonial African literature, Wizard of the Crow is an ambitious, magisterial, comic novel from the acclaimed Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and critic. “Wizard of the Crow is first and foremost a great, spellbinding tale, probably the crowning glory of Ngugi’s life’s work. . . . He has turned the power of storytelling into a weapon against totalitarianism.” —The Washington Post Book World Set in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria, Wizard of the Crow dramatizes with cor...

First published 2006 785 pages

Category: Literature
Priority: Must-Read
Author works: 6
Editions known: 16

Classification

DDC 823.914 LCC PL-8379.90000000.N4 M87613 2007 Africa, fictionAfrican literatureDespotismFictionFiction, generalLiteraturePolitics and governmentPower (Social sciences)

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ISBN 9781400033843 English

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