Devil on the cross / Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo ; introduction by Namwali Serpell.
2017
PL8379.9.N4 C313 2017 (Mapit)
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Title
Devil on the cross / Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo ; introduction by Namwali Serpell.
Uniform Title
Caitaani mũtharaba-inĩ. English
ISBN
9780143107361 (paperback)
0143107364 (paperback)
0143107364 (paperback)
Published
New York, New York : Penguin Books, 2017.
Language
English
Description
xxv, 291 pages ; 20 cm.
Call Number
PL8379.9.N4 C313 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
896/.395432
Summary
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Note
"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.
Series
Penguin African writers.
Penguin classics.
Penguin classics.
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