Devil on the Cross
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Publication
2017 - Penguin Publishing Group
Language
English
Word Count
68,000 words, Guess
Page Count
272 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL28523418M
- ISBN-139780143107361
- OCLC Control Number861673589
- Library of Congress Control Number2016048361
Classifications
- LCCPR9381.9.N45
Description
"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"--
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