Ngugi Wa Thiong O: 19 books

La gran novela africana por el firme candidato al premio Nobel que aprenderás a pronunciar: Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Exiliado de su Kenia natal desde hace más de veinticinco años, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, uno de los escritores africanos más importantes de la actualidad, sitúa esta historia en la imaginaria...

Renowned worldwide, as novelist and dramatist, Ngugi wa Thiongo's contributions to the body of critical writing on African literature, politics and society have been highly significant. His best known critical work is Decolonising the Mind, which since publication in 1986 has profoundly influenced...

Um das principais vozes da literatura africana contemporânea e frequentemente cotado para receber o Prêmio Nobel de Literatura, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o revisita sua infância em Sonhos em tempo de guerra, primeiro volume de suas memórias. O escritor nasceu em 1938, em uma região rural do Quênia,...

Novelist Ngugi wa Thiong'o has been a force in African literature for decades: Since the 1970s, when he gave up the English language to commit himself to writing in African languages, his foremost concern has been the critical importance of language to culture. In Something Torn and New, Ngugi explores...

Un compendio de los temas centrales de la obra del autor: la confrontación entre el neocolonialismo y la clase trabajadora, y su reflejo en la cultura africana. Descolonizar la mente es una referencia ineludible en el debate lingüístico que tiene lugar en el marco de los estudios poscoloniales....

One of Oprah.com's "17 Must-Read Books for the New Year" and O Magazine's "10 Titles to Pick up Now." “Exquisite in its honesty and truth and resilience, and a necessary chronicle from one of the greatest writers of our time. ” -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Guardian,...

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. Set in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria, Wizard of the Crow dramatizes with corrosive humor and keenness of observation...

La primera novela que Ngugi wa Thiong'o escribió en gikuyu. Una ferviente crítica al capitalismo y al colonialismo. Escrita desde una celda con papel higiénico como único soporte, El diablo en la cruz se concibe como una declaración de intenciones en defensa de la lengua y la literatura...

Enslavement, forced migration, war and colonization have led to the global dispersal of Black communities and to the fragmentation of common experiences. The majority of Black language researchers explore the social and linguistic phenomena of individual Black communities, without looking at Black...

**A New York Times Editors’ Choice "A welcome addition to the vast literature produced by jailed writers across the centuries . . . [a] thrilling testament to the human spirit." —Ariel Dorfman, The New York Times Book Review "Wrestling with the Devil is a powerful...

Born in 1938 in rural Kenya, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o came of age in the shadow of World War II, amidst the terrible bloodshed in the war between the Mau Mau and the British. The son of a man whose four wives bore him more than a score of children, young Ngũgĩ displayed what was then considered a bizarre...

With black-and-white illustrations throughout World-renowned Kenyan novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ng˜ug˜ý wa Thiong’o gives us the second volume of his memoirs in the wake of his critically acclaimed Dreams in a Time of War.   In the House of the Interpreter richly and...

The great Kenyan writer and Nobel Prize nominee’s novel that he wrote in secret, on toilet paper, while in prison—featuring an introduction by Namwali Serpell, the author of the novel The Old Drift One of the cornerstones of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s fame, Devil on the Cross is a powerful...

La novela más conocida del escritor keniano habla sobre la rebelión, el amor, la amistad y la traición. Ambientada en los años cincuenta y sesenta, en los tiempos de la rebelión del Mau Mau y la consiguiente independencia de Kenia, Un grano de trigo narra la historia de los habitantes...