Devil on the cross

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo

Original title: Caitaani mũtharaba-inĩ

earliest edition we have, 1982 Heinemann, 1982 254 pages

African writers series

"The great Kenyan writer and Nobel Prize nominee Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo's powerful fictional critique of capitalism. One of the cornerstones of Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo's fame, Devil on the Cross was written in secret, on toilet paper, while Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo was in prison. It tells the tragic story of Wariinga, a young woman who moves from a rural Kenyan town to the capital, Nairobi, only to be exploited by her boss and later b...

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Editions we hold

El diable a la creu paperback · 2021 · RAYO VERDE EDITORIAL, S.L. · 392 pages · 9788417925376
El diablo en la cruz paperback · 2020 · Debolsillo · 336 pages · 9788466340533
Devil on the Cross edition · 2017 · Penguin Publishing Group · 272 pages · 9780143107361
Shetani msalabani edition · 2011 · East African Educational Publishers · 272 pages · 9789966461674
El diablo en la cruz paperback · 1994 · Txalaparta, S.L. · 329 pages · 9788481369205
Devil on the cross edition · 1987 · Heinemann · 254 pages
Devil on the cross edition · 1983 · Zimbabwe Pub. House · 254 pages
Devil on the cross edition · 1982 · Heinemann · 254 pages
Devil on the cross edition · 1982 · Heinemann · 254 pages

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