Wizard of the crow
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Wizard of the crow
AUTHOR:
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
ISBN:
9781400033843
UNIFORM_TITLE:
Mũrogi wa Kagogo. English
EDITION:
1st Anchor Books ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Anchor Books, 2007.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
768 p. ; 21 cm
ABSTRACT:
"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 mozaic, this magnificent novel reveals humanity in all its endlessly suprising complexity." -- cover.
SUBJECT:
| Power (Social sciences) -- Fiction. |
| Despotism -- Africa -- Fiction. |
| Africa -- Politics and government -- Fiction. |
| Africa -- Fiction. |
BIBSUMMARY:
"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 mozaic, this magnificent novel reveals humanity in all its endlessly suprising complexity." --