{"product_id":"ngugi-wa-thiongo-9780719047312","title":"Ngugi Wa Thiong'o","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Patrick Williams\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: African\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNgugi is one of the most important novelists on the contemporary world stage, and someone whose name has for many become synonymous with cultural controversy and political struggle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePatrick William's lucid analysis offers the most up-to-date study of Ngugi's writing, including his most rcent collection of essays. Focusing on important aspects of Ngugi's work which critics have hitherto ignored, and drawing on a wide range of relevant theoretical perspectives, this study examines the growing complexity of Ngugi's accounts of the history of colonised and post-colonial Kenya. The cultural and anti-imperial politics on Ngugi's experimentation with language and form in both novel and drama is discussed, including the important role of culture as a source of historical memory and strategies of resistance for oppressed groups. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll the novels and the major plays are studies in detail, and in addition a substantial chapter examines Ngugi's contribution in the area of non-fiction.","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614535041175,"sku":"9780719047312","price":2244.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780719047312.webp?v=1775094425","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ngugi-wa-thiongo-9780719047312","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}