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Wizard of the crow / Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Vintage, 2006Description: 768 pages ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781784873356 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 823.914 NGU 018663
Summary: Commencing in "our times" and set in the "Free Republic of Aburlria," this novel dramatizes with humor and keenness of observation a battle for control of the souls of the Aburlrian people. Among the contenders: His High Mighty Excellency; the eponymous Wizard, an avatar of folklore and wisdom; the corrupt Christian Ministry; and the nefarious Global Bank. Fashioning the stories of the powerful and the ordinary into a mosaic, Wizard of the Crow reveals humanity in all its endlessly surprising complexity.
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Book Book Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore 823.914 NGU 018663 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 018663

Commencing in "our times" and set in the "Free Republic of Aburlria," this novel dramatizes with humor and keenness of observation a battle for control of the souls of the Aburlrian people. Among the contenders: His High Mighty Excellency; the eponymous Wizard, an avatar of folklore and wisdom; the corrupt Christian Ministry; and the nefarious Global Bank. Fashioning the stories of the powerful and the ordinary into a mosaic, Wizard of the Crow reveals humanity in all its endlessly surprising complexity.

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