The ordeal of the African writer / Charles R. Larson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larson, Charles R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African literature (English)--History and criticism.

African literature (English).

Literature and society--Africa--History.

Literature and society.

Authorship--Social aspects--Africa.

Authorship.

Authors and publishers--Africa--History.

Authors and publishers.

Publishers and publishing--Africa.

Publishers and publishing.

Politics and literature--Africa--History.

Politics and literature.

History.

Authorship--Social aspects.

Africa.

Physical Description:

viii, 168 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Zed Books ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave, 2001.

Summary:

This book demonstrates how only a small number of African writers--like Chinua Achebe, Ben Okri, Nuruddin Farah, and Wole Soyinka--have become known outside of their own continent. It also details the enormous obstacles they face within Africa to get their work published, let alone to support themselves financially from their writing. Charles R. Larson combines writers' own testimony, pen portraits of their lives, and factual investigation to explore the full dimensions of this problem.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [156]-161) and index.

ISBN:

1856499308

1856499316

OCLC:

44728233