Devil on the Cross
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Publication Date: Apr 11, 2017
List Price: $16.00
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Classification: Fiction
ISBN13: 9780143107361
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Parent Company: Bertelsmann
Description of Devil on the Cross by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
The great Kenyan writer and Nobel Prize nominee Ng?g? wa Thiong’o’s powerful fictional critique of capitalism
One of the cornerstones of Ng?g? wa Thiong’o’s fame, Devil on the Cross was written in secret, on toilet paper, while Ng?g? 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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