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Devil on the Cross

Autor Ngugi Wa Thiong'O
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 sep 1987
This critique of modern Kenya highlights the greed and capitalism prevalent in society. Despair drives Wariinga to leave Nairobi and seek refuge in her home town of Ilmorog. On her journey she is handed an invitation to a feast of thieves, a competition organized by the devil.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780435908447
ISBN-10: 0435908448
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 124 x 204 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.24 kg
Ediția:Revised ed
Editura: Pearson Education
Locul publicării:United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Ngugi wa Thiong'o (1938-2025) was born in Limuru, Kenya, and went on to become one of the leading writers and scholars of our times. He authored numerous works of fiction, memoir and essay, including A Grain of Wheat, Devil on the Cross and Decolonizing the Mind. Ngugi was the Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine; he held fourteen honorary doctorates, among other awards, and was nominated for the Man Booker International Prize.

Recenzii

One of our century's great novels
Ngugi is the most celebrated of African novelists. What he offers is nothing less than a new
direction for African writing