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Devil on the Cross

Paperback • 1987 • English • 1. edition

Devil on the Cross

By Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo

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About the book

This remarkable and symbolic novel centers 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 on the only available material -- lavatory paper. It was discovered when almost complete but unexpectedly returned to him on his release. Such was the dema...Show more

Afrofuturism / Black Speculative fiction
Fairy and Folk tales / Fairy tale retellings

Book details

ISBN

9780435908447

Publisher

Heinemann

Published year

1987

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Devil on the Cross

Format

Paperback

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