This is to correct the "educated" reviewer who claimed Wole soyinka won the Nobel Prize for "The Interpreters". Soyinka wrote this novelvery very early in his carreer. According to the citation, Soyinkas's Nobel Prize was for his plays, of which "Death and the King's Horseman" is arguably one of the best plays of the 20th century/5(5). · Published on: 04/18/ – Nobel Prize winner for literature, poet and theater man, the Nigerian Wole Soyinka is also the author of two major essential novels of the African literary corpus including Les Interprètes, his first novel published in Qualified as “novel of a poet”, the book mixes the poetic and mythological register with social satire and lays bare the strengths and . Interpreter hauntingly describes the formative experiences of a young man who would become a world-class writer and, as a political dissident, a moral compass to us all. It is a winning celebration of the implacable determination of youth and the power of hope. The Interpreters-Wole Soyinka Describes a group of young Nigerian intellectuals.
The Interpreters is a novel by Wole Soyinka, first published in London by André Deutsch in and later republished as part of the influential Heinemann African Writers Series. It is the first and one of the only three novels written by Soyinka; he is principally known as a playwright. The novel was written in English and later translated into a number of languages. The Interpreters is a novel by Wole Soyinka set in Nigeria in the wake of its independence from Britain. The novel stylistically rejects established norms. There is no central, driving plot. Buy The interpreters. by Wole Soyinka online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 2 editions - starting at $ Shop now.
The Interpreters (Paperback) Published October 30th by Heinemann Educational Books. Paperback, pages. Author (s): Wole Soyinka. ISBN: (ISBN ) Edition language: English. Soyinka's The Interpreters is described as a "difficult book" which I agree, especially for the fist part of the book. At first you are unmercilessly assaulted with a very fractured story structure, a verbose poetic narrative, deep philosophical meditations, African spiritualism and obscure allegorical symbolism, which at times becomes such a miasma it detracts from the actual book itself. Published on: 04/18/ – Nobel Prize winner for literature, poet and theater man, the Nigerian Wole Soyinka is also the author of two major essential novels of the African literary corpus including Les Interprètes, his first novel published in Qualified as “novel of a poet”, the book mixes the poetic and mythological register with social satire and lays bare the strengths and weaknesses of Nigerian society reborn after a long night of colonial domination.
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