Devil on the Cross

Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Binyavanga Wainaina

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English

Penguin Classics
15 April 2017

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

The great Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o's influential novel, written in prison, offering a powerful critique of the ""Satan of capitalism"" and its effect on postcolonial Kenya

A Penguin Classic

The great Kenyan writer and Nobel Prize nominee'snovel that he wrote in secret, on toilet paper, while in prison-featuring an introduction by Namwali Serpell, the author of the novelThe Old Drift

One of the cornerstones of Ngũgĩwa Thiong'o's fame, Devil on the Cross is a powerful fictional critique of capitalism. 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.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

By: Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Introduction by: Binyavanga Wainaina
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 224g
ISBN: 9780143107361
ISBN 10: 0143107364
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 15 April 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'ois an award-winning novelist, playwright, and essayist from Kenya whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages. He is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Irvine. He lives in Irvine, California. Namwali Serpell(introducer) has won the Caine Prize for African Writing and the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award. Her debut novel, The Old Drift, is forthcoming from Hogarth. Born in Zambia, Serpell now lives in San Francisco, where she is an associate professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley.

Reviews for Devil on the Cross

One of our century's great novels Tribune Ngugi is the most celebrated of African novelists. What he offers is nothing less than a new direction for African writing British Book News