Wizard of the Crow

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Synopsis
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 WorldSet in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria, Wizard of the Crow dramatizes with corrosive humor and keenness of observation a battle for the souls of the Aburirian people, between a megalomaniac dictator and an unemployed young man who embraces the mantle of a magician. Fashioning the stories of the powerful and the ordinary into a dazzling mosaic, in this magnificent work of magical realism, Ngugi wa'Thiong'o—one of the most widely read African writers—reveals humanity in all its endlessly surprising complexity.
Copyright:
2006

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
784 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780307493316
Related ISBNs:
9781400033843, 9780375422485
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Humor, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
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