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Record ID marc_overdrive/InternetArchiveCrMarc-2010-06-11r.mrc:4643193:2529
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008 000000s2008 nyu s 000 0 eng d
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020 $a9780307493316 (electronic bk. : Adobe Digital Editions)
037 $bOverDrive, Inc.$nhttp://www.overdrive.com
100 1 $aWa'Thiong'O, Ngugi $q(Ngugi Wa'Thiong'O).
245 10 $aWizard of the Crow$h[electronic resource].
260 $aNew York :$bKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group,$c2008.
500 $aTitle from eBook information screen.
520 $aFrom the exiled Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and literary critic--a magisterial comic novel that is certain to take its place as a landmark of postcolonial African literature.In exile now for more than twenty years, Ngugl wa Thiong'o has become one of the most widely read African writers of our time, the power and scope of his work garnering him international attention and praise. His aim in Wizard of the Crow is, in his own words,nothing less than "to sum up Africa of the twentieth century in the context of two thousand years of world history."Commencing in "our times" and set in the "Free Republic of Aburlria," the novel dramatizes with corrosive 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 dazzling mosaic, Wizard of the Crow reveals humanity in all its endlessly surprising complexity.Informed by richly enigmatic traditional African storytelling, Wizard of the Crow is a masterpiece, the crowning achievement in Ngugl wa Thiong'o's career thus far.From the Hardcover edition.
533 $aElectronic reproduction.$bNew York :$cKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group,$d2008.$nRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2550 KB).
538 $aRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2550 KB).
653 #0 $aFiction
653 #0 $aLiterature
655 7 $aElectronic books.$2local
856 4 $uhttp://search.overdrive.com/SearchResults.aspx?ReserveID={F2AADFBB-3475-40FC-B6E5-EC70CB296A1F}$zClick for library availability
856 4 $uhttp://www.librarybin.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=F2AADFBB-3475-40FC-B6E5-EC70CB296A1F$zClick to purchase
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