{"product_id":"wrestling-with-the-devil-a-prison-memoir-hardcover","title":"Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNgugi Wa Thiong'o\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA welcome addition to the vast literature produced by jailed writers across the centuries . . . [a] thrilling testament to the human spirit.\u003cbr\u003e--Ariel Dorfman, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWrestling with the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful testament to the courage of Ngũgĩ and his fellow prisoners and validation of the hope that an independent Kenya would eventually emerge.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Ngũgĩ of \u003ci\u003eWrestling with the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e called not just for adding a bit of color to the canon's sagging shelf, but for abolition and upheaval.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookforum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn unforgettable chronicle of the year the brilliant novelist and memoirist, long favored for the Nobel Prize, was thrown in a Kenyan jail without charge \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWrestling with the Devil\u003c\/em\u003e, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's powerful prison memoir, begins literally half an hour before his release on December 12, 1978. In one extended flashback he recalls the night, a year earlier, when armed police pulled him from his home and jailed him in Kenya's Kamĩtĩ Maximum Security Prison, one of the largest in Africa. There, he lives in a prison block with eighteen other political prisoners, quarantined from the general prison population.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a conscious effort to fight back the humiliation and the intended degradation of the spirit, Ngũgĩ--the world-renowned author of \u003cem\u003eWeep Not, Child\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003ePetals of Blood\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eWizard of the Crow\u003c\/em\u003e--decides to write a novel on toilet paper, the only paper to which he has access, a book that will become his classic, \u003cem\u003eDevil on the Cross\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten in the early 1980s and never before published in America, \u003cem\u003eWrestling with the Devil\u003c\/em\u003e is Ngũgĩ's account of the drama and the challenges of writing the novel under twenty-four-hour surveillance. He captures not only the excruciating pain that comes from being cut off from his wife and children, but also the spirit of defiance that defines hope. Ultimately, \u003cem\u003eWrestling with the Devil\u003c\/em\u003e is a testimony to the power of imagination to help humans break free of confinement, which is truly the story of all art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the leading African writers and scholars at work today, \u003cb\u003eNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Limuru, Kenya, in 1938. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eA Grain of Wheat\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eWeep Not, Child\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003ePetals of Blood\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eBirth of a Dream Weaver\u003c\/em\u003e. He is currently distinguished professor in the School of Humanities and the director of the International Center for Writing and Translation at the University of California, Irvine. He has been nominated for the Man Booker International Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57452667928881,"sku":"9781620973332","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/YTJ4amFrYW95SDlPTGNiSWVOcVhBUT09.webp?v=1794221423","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/wrestling-with-the-devil-a-prison-memoir-hardcover","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}