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248 pages illustrations 20 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Ngugi wa Thiong'o's powerful prison memoir begins half an hour before his release on 12 December 1978. A year earlier, he recalls, armed police arrived at his home and took him to Kenya's Kamiti Maximum Security Prison. There, Ngugi lives in a block alongside other political prisoners, but he refuses to give in to the humiliation. He decides to write a novel in secret, on toilet paper it is a book that will become his classic, Devil on the Cross. Wrestling with the Devil is Ngugi's unforgettable account of the drama and challenges of living under twenty-four-hour surveillance. He captures not only the pain caused by his isolation from his family, but also the spirit of defiance and the imaginative endeavours that allowed him to survive |
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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1900-talet
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Politiska fångar
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Fängelser
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Political prisoners' writings, Kenyan
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Authors, Kenyan -- 20th century -- Biography
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Political prisoners -- Kenya -- Biography
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Kenya
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Biografier
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| Classmark |
365.45092
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GZ Ngugi wa Thiongo
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9781784702243 (paperback) |
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