Wizard of the Crow

A landmark of postcolonial African literature, Wizard of the Crow is an ambitious, magisterial, comic novel from the acclaimed Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and critic.

"Wizard of the Crow is first and foremost a great, spellbinding tale, probably the crowning glory of Ngugi's life's work. . . . He has turned the power of storytelling into a weapon against totalitarianism." --The Washington Post Book World

Set in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria, Wizard of the Crow dramatizes with corrosive humor and keenness of observation a battle for the souls of the Aburirian people, between a megalomaniac dictator and an unemployed young man who embraces the mantle of a magician. Fashioning the stories of the powerful and the ordinary into a dazzling mosaic, in this magnificent work of magical realism, Ngugi wa'Thiong'o--one of the most widely read African writers--reveals humanity in all its endlessly surprising complexity.

Author: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 08/28/2007
Pages: 784
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.40d
ISBN13: 9781400033843
ISBN10: 1400033845
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Magical Realism
- Fiction | Political

About the Author
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938-2025) was an award-winning novelist, playwright, and essayist from Kenya whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages. His many books include Wizard of the Crow, Dreams in a Time of War, Devil on the Cross, Decolonising the Mind, and Petals of Blood, for which he was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977.