The Interpreters

by Wole Soyinka

Overview

This book is currently out of stock with a ready about date of October 31, 1999.The Nobel Laureate's first novel spotlights a small circle of young Nigerian intellectuals living in Lagos.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593467220
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	09/14/2021
Sold by:	Random House
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	489,594
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Wole Soyinka is a playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist born in Abeokuta, Nigeria in 1934.

He won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature with his debut novel, The Interpreters, becoming the first-ever African laureate. He has since won many other prizes such as the Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award in 2009 and the Anisfield-Wolf book Award, Lifetime Achievement in 2012.

A prominent political activist, Soyinka was imprisoned for nearly two years during the Nigerian Civil War and was later exiled. He continues to fight against government corruption and oppression worldwide.

Editorial Reviews

No other writer has Soyinka's unique positioning in the political and cultural life of his nation” —Ben Okri

“The novel is rich in well-turned individual scenes... it is a work in which the esthetic and political problems are meshed in an almost classical way” —New York Times

“Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian icon” —Guardian

“Elaborately, strikingly and indeed often beautifully written” —The Times

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