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Devil on the Cross

Ngugi wa Thiong'o author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:28th Sep '17

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The latest addition to the Penguin African Writers Series- the great Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o's powerful fictional critique of capitalism.

Wariinga, a young woman who moves from a Kenyan town to the capital, Nairobi, only to be exploited by her boss and later a corrupt businessman. As Wariinga struggles to survive, she realizes 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.

A legendary work of African literature, Devil on the Cross is one of the cornerstones of Ngugi wa Thiong'o's enduring fame - and at the heart of his perennial contention for the Nobel Prize. An impassioned cry for a Kenya free of dictatorship and for African writers to work in their own local dialects, it has had profound influences on Africa and on African literature.

Written on toilet paper while Ngugi wa Thiong'o was in prison, this novel 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 a corrupt businessman. As Wariinga struggles to survive, she 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. Climaxing in an unforgettable scene of the 'Devil's Feast', a satirical parable on Western culture and business practices, Devil on the Cross is an essential story of the post-colonial African experience.

One of our century's great novels * Tribune *

Ngugi is the most celebrated of African novelists. What he offers is nothing less than a new
direction for African writing

* British Book News *

ISBN: 9780143107361

Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 19mm

Weight: 228g

272 pages