Season of Anomy
A political novel about the dangers of corruption, greed, and the desire for power. This is Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka's follow-up to his acclaimed debut novel The Interpreters.In an unnamed country in Africa, Ofeyi writes propaganda jingles for the National Cocoa Corporation. As a part of his job, he is sent to Aiyeru, a small coastal village whose geographic landscape has largely kept the village insulated from the government and its corruption, to promote the company. Here, Ofeyi witnesses a traditional way of life and values that run counter to their country; this creates an inner shift. In a challenge against the government, Ofeyi soon…
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- ISBN: 978-0-593-46719-0
- EAN: 9780593467190
- Produktnummer: 36210364
- Verlag: Vintage
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Masse: H20.0 cm x B13.0 cm x D1.9 cm 254 g
- Gewicht: 254
Über den Autor
WOLE SOYINKA, the first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, is a distinguished playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist of global stature. Born in Nigeria, Soyinka studied at University College in Ibadan, Nigeria and University of Leeds, England. Soyinka's prolific body of work includes several poetry collections, over 20 plays, five memoirs including Aké: The Years of Childhood (1981), and three novels-The Interpreters (1965), Season of Anomy (1973), and Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth (2021).
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