000858760 000__ 02544cam\a2200409\i\4500 000858760 001__ 858760 000858760 005__ 20210515160732.0 000858760 008__ 170327t20172017nyu\\\\\\\\\\\000\1\eng\\ 000858760 010__ $$a 2016048361 000858760 019__ $$a983654200 000858760 020__ $$a9780143107361$$q(paperback) 000858760 020__ $$a0143107364$$q(paperback) 000858760 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn861673589 000858760 035__ $$a858760 000858760 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$erda$$cDLC$$dBTCTA$$dBDX$$dYDXCP$$dORX$$dAPL$$dYDX$$dOCLCF$$dOCLCO$$dCHILD$$dOCLCQ$$dCOH$$dOCLCO$$dCUI$$dOCLCO 000858760 0411_ $$aeng$$hkik 000858760 042__ $$apcc 000858760 043__ $$af-ke--- 000858760 049__ $$aISEA 000858760 05000 $$aPL8379.9.N4$$bC313 2017 000858760 08200 $$a896/.395432$$223 000858760 1000_ $$aNgũgĩ wa Thiongʼo,$$d1938-$$eauthor. 000858760 24010 $$aCaitaani mũtharaba-inĩ.$$lEnglish 000858760 24510 $$aDevil on the cross /$$cNgũgĩ wa Thiongʼo ; introduction by Namwali Serpell. 000858760 264_1 $$aNew York, New York :$$bPenguin Books,$$c2017. 000858760 300__ $$axxv, 291 pages ;$$c20 cm. 000858760 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000858760 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000858760 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000858760 4901_ $$aPenguin African writers series 000858760 4901_ $$aPenguin classics 000858760 500__ $$a"First published in Gikuyu by Heinemann Educational Books (East Africa) Ltd 1980. English-language edition translated by the author published in Great Britain by Heinemann Educational Publishers 1982. This edition with an introduction by Namwali Serpell published in Penguin Books 2017"--Title page verso. 000858760 520__ $$a"The great Kenyan writer and Nobel Prize nominee Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo's powerful fictional critique of capitalism One of the cornerstones of Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo's fame, Devil on the Cross was written in secret, on toilet paper, while Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo was in prison. It tells the tragic story of Wariinga, a young woman who moves from a rural Kenyan town to the capital, Nairobi, only to be exploited by her boss and later by a corrupt businessman. As she struggles to survive, Wariinga begins to realize that her problems are only symptoms of a larger societal malaise and that much of the misfortune stems from the Western, capitalist influences on her country. An impassioned cry for a Kenya free of dictatorship and for African writers to work in their own local dialects, Devil on the Cross has had a profound influence on Africa and on post-colonial African literature"--$$cProvided by publisher. 000858760 651_0 $$aKenya$$xPolitics and government$$y1963-1978$$vFiction. 000858760 655_7 $$aPolitical fiction.$$2lcgft 000858760 830_0 $$aPenguin African writers. 000858760 830_0 $$aPenguin classics. 000858760 85200 $$bgen$$hPL8379.9.N4$$iC313$$i2017 000858760 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:858760$$pGLOBAL_SET 000858760 980__ $$aBIB 000858760 980__ $$aBOOK