Wole Soyinka: Soyinka Plays | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780413732606 | Soyinka Plays | Wole Soyinka (u. a.) | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 1999

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Beschreibung

'Unquestionably Africa's most versatile writer and arguably one of her finest' - New York Times Book Review

A Play of Giants is a savage satire on some of the best-known dictators of our time (including Idi Amin); it brings together a group of dictatorial African leaders at bay in an embassy in New York attempting to make decisions together. Its theatrical predecessors include: Genet's The Balcony and Brecht's Arturo Ui.

From Zia with Love and A Scourge of Hyacinths; When the Military decrees that a crime carrying a prison sentence now retroactively warrants summary execution, confusion and fear permeate a society where the brutality and injustice of military rule is parodied by life inside prison - based on events in Nigeria in the early 1980s Wole Soyinka's stage play From Zia with Love and radio play A Scourge of Hyacinths, were produced in the early 90s.

Über den Autor

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

Soyinka won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature with his debut novel, The Interpreters, becoming the first-ever African laureate and 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.

Zusammenfassung

This is a collection of four plays from the winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize for Literature. Wole Soyinka's work often features in GCSE and A level texts, as well as being studied at university level. She looks at African tradition by often using dance and music in her work.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A Play of Giants; From Zia with Love; A Source of Hyacinths; The Beatification of Area Boy

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	1999
Genre:	Importe , Lyrik & Dramatik
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780413732606
ISBN-10:	0413732606
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Soyinka, Wole Soyinka, W.
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	198 x 129 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	Wole Soyinka (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	04.02.1999
Gewicht:	0,379 kg