You Must Set Forth at Dawn: A Memoir
The first African to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, as well as a political activist of prodigious energies, Wole Soyinka now follows his modern classic Ake: The Years of Childhood with an equally important chronicle of his turbulent life as an adult in (and in exile from) his beloved, beleaguered homeland.In the tough, humane, and lyrical language that has typified his plays and novels, Soyinka captures the indomitable spirit of Nigeria itself by bringing to life the friends and family who bolstered and inspired him, and by describing the pioneering theater works that defied censure and tradition. Soyinka not only recounts his exile a…
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- ISBN: 978-0-375-75514-9
- EAN: 9780375755149
- Produktnummer: 2517398
- Verlag: Random House
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 499 S.
- Masse: H13.2 cm x B20.1 cm x D2.8 cm 522 g
- Gewicht: 522
Über den Autor
Wole Soyinka is a writer of global stature, the first African ever to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was imprisoned in Nigeria for his opposition to dictatorship. Soyinka is the author of Ake: The Years of Childhood and Climate of Fear, based on the prestigious Reith Lectures he delivered on the BBC.
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