num_pages: 786
description: A landmark of postcolonial African literature, Wizard of the Crow is an ambitious, magisterial, comic novel from the acclaimed Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and critic.Set in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria,  Wizard of the Crow  dramatizes 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.
language: English
title: Wizard of the crow
titlecomplete: Wizard of the crow
genres: Fiction, African Literature, Magical Realism, Politics, Literature, Novels, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Africa, Kenya
ratings_count: 3292
places: Republic of Aburiria
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: California Book Award
category: Fiction (Gold), awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
category: Longlist, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Dayton Literary Peace Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Tähtifantasia Award, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Hurston/Wright Legacy Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Harvill Secker