Product details
ISBN
9780435908447
Published
1987-09-08
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Weight
280 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
130 mm
Thickness
11 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
256
Author
This remarkable and symbolic novel centres around Wariinga's tragedy and uses it to tell a story of contemporary Kenya faced with the "satan of capitalism." Ngugi has directed his writing even more firmly towards the commitment that he shows in Writers in Politics and Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary. The novel was written secretly in prison. It was discovered when almost complete but unexpectedly returned to him on his release. Such was the demand for the original Gikuyu edition that it reprinted on publication.
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This critique of modern Kenya highlights the greed and capitalism prevalent in society. Despair drives Wariinga to leave Nairobi and seek refuge in her home town of Ilmorog. On her journey she is handed an invitation to a feast of thieves, a competition organized by the devil.
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Product details
ISBN
9780435908447
Published
1987-09-08
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Weight
280 gr
Height
198 mm
Width
130 mm
Thickness
11 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
256
Author