- Fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, general, Kenya, fiction, Fiction--literary
"The great Kenyan writer and Nobel Prize nominee Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo's powerful fictional critique of capitalism. One of the cornerstones of Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo's fame, Devil on the Cross was written in secret, on toilet paper, while Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo was in prison.
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About the book
- Author
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 262
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group, Heinemann, Raduga
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- Russian, English, swa, kik
- ISBN
- 9789966461674
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