Beschreibung
In 1977, Ngugi wa Thiong'o's new play, I Will Marry When I Want, opened in his home village of Kamiriithu, Kenya. It caused a political furore. Six weeks later, it was shut down by the Kenyan regime and he was detained without trial. In this books he describes the degradation and humiliation of political prisoners, the neglect and casual cruelty that undermined their health, and the debilitating blend of tension and tedium that marked each day.
Produktsicherheitsverordnung
Hersteller:
Random House Book Group Ltd.
jriekenbrauk@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk
20 Vauxhall Bridge Road
GB LONDON SW1V 2SA
Importeur:
Petersen Buchimport GmbH
Vertrieb
gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Weidestraße 122 a
DE 22083 Hamburg
www.petersen-buchimport.com/gpsr
Autorenportrait
Ngugi wa Thiong'o is one of the leading writers and scholars at work in the world today. His books include the novels Petals of Blood, for which he was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977, A Grain of Wheat and Wizard of the Crow; the memoirs, Dreams in a Time of War, In the House of the Interpreter and Birth of a Dream Weaver; and the essays, Decolonizing the Mind, Something Torn and New and Globalectics. Recipient of many honours, among them ten honorary doctorates, he is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.
