Wizard of the Crow
Wizard of the Crow
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Published:
5 April, 2018
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Description
Informed by traditional African storytelling, discover Ngugi wa Thiong'o's masterpiece.
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.
'Mythological but also cheerfully disenchanted; political and playful; cartoonish but also epical... the African novel may well have delivered its greatest masterpiece' Sunday Herald
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781784873356 |
| ISBN10 | 1784873357 |
| Number Of Pages | 784 |
| Item Weight | 535 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 197 x 49 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
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 * Sunday Herald *
Epic....daring satire * Sunday Times *
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Truly exciting... the author is a master of farce * Daily Telegraph *
An impish and hallucinatory satire on dictatorship * The Times *
Powerfully funny... Aburiria is recognisable as modern Africa in all its splendour, squalor, economic malaise and venality... it is hard not to be cheerd by the spirit of gentle resistance that is at its core, in defiance of everyday greed * The Economist *
Truthful in its dissection of power, and remarkably free of bitterness... the poisonousness of its targets never infects the author's vision, nor his faith in people's power to resist * Guardian *
It's a book of wonderful purple phases...restless, epic, allusive * Scotsman *
Unreservedly a masterpiece * Scotland on Sunday *
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Author's Bio
Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the leading writers and scholars at work in the world today. His books include the novels Petals of Blood, for which he was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977, A Grain of Wheat and Wizard of the Crow; the memoirs, Dreams in a Time of War, In the House of the Interpreter and Birth of a Dream Weaver; and the essays, Decolonizing the Mind, Something Torn and New and Globalectics. Recipient of many honours, among them ten honorary doctorates, he is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.