{"product_id":"wizard-of-the-crow-9781400033843","title":"Wizard of the Crow","description":"\u003cb\u003eA landmark of postcolonial African literature, \u003ci\u003eWizard of the Crow\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious, magisterial, comic novel from the acclaimed Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and critic. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWizard of the Crow\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria, \u003ci\u003eWizard of the Crow \u003c\/i\u003edramatizes 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o\u003c\/b\u003e (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 \u003ci\u003eWizard of the Crow, Dreams in a Time of War, Devil on the Cross, Decolonising the Mind, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePetals of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749285101842,"sku":"9781400033843","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9e11593a-c766-404f-bfcf-bd792bb88ef1.jpg?v=1764075418","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/wizard-of-the-crow-9781400033843","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}