Wizard of the crow / Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo ; a translation from Gĩkũyũ by the author.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-2025.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Mũrogi wa Kagogo. English

Language:

English

Kikuyu

Subjects (All):

Power (Social sciences)--Fiction.

Power (Social sciences).

Despotism.

Politics and government.

Africa.

Africa--Politics and government--Fiction.

Despotism--Africa--Fiction.

Africa--Fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Satirical literature.

Humorous fiction.

Political fiction.

Satire.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

16 unnumbered pages, 768 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First Anchor books edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Anchor Books, 2007.

Summary:

In exile now for more than twenty years, Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet and critic Ngugi wa Thiong'o has become one of the most widely read African writers. Commencing in " our times" and set in the fictional " Free Republic of Aburiria, " Wizard of the Crow dramatizes with corrosive humor and keenness of observation a battle for control of the souls of the Aburirian people. Fashioning the stories of the powerful and the ordinary into a dazzling mosaic, this magnificent novel reveals humanity in all its endlessly surprising complexity.

Contents:

Power daemons

Queuing daemons

Female daemons

Male daemons

Rebel daemons

Bearded daemons.

Notes:

Book design by Virginia Tan.

Cover art and design by Peter Mendelsund.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

9781400033843

1400033845

OCLC:

166143526

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