Wizard of the Crow

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Dec 10, 2008 - Fiction - 784 pages

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.

Set 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.

 

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Aburiria America Baby D beggars believe Big Ben Mambo body chairman of Marching coup d'état Crow daemons djinns door ears Eldares enemies eyes face fear felt Furyk Gemstone Global Bank Golden Heights Haki ya Mungu hands head hear heard heart House husband Kaboca Kamiti Kaniūru knew laughing leave Limping Witch looked Machokali magic Marching to Heaven Maritha and Mariko Mars Café matatu matter Mercedes-Benz Mighty Excellency mind minister mirror never night Njoya and Kahiga Nyawira asked ogre person police officer prairie questions queues queuing mania recalled Ruler rumors Santalucia Satan shrine Sikiokuu silence sorcerer started stood stopped story suddenly sure Tajirika asked talk tell thing thought tion told took tried trying Tumbo turned ugali Vinjinia voice waiting walked wife witch doctor Wizard woman women wondered words

About the author (2008)

Ngũgĩ wa’Thiong’o has taught at Nairobi University, Northwestern University, Amherst College, Yale University, and New York University. He is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine. His many books include Wizard of the Crow, Dreams in a Time of War, Devil on the Cross, Decolonising the Mind, and Petals of Blood, for which he was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977.

Bibliographic information

TitleWizard of the Crow
AuthorNgugi wa Thiong'o
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2008
ISBN0307493318, 9780307493316
Length784 pages
Subjects › 

Fiction / Magical Realism
Fiction / Political
Fiction / Satire
  
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