| ISBN: 978-0-89410-887-7 $59.95 | ||
| 2000/314 pages/LC: 99-056357 | ||
Gagiano contends that Achebe, Head, and Marechera plays an important part in the necessary reconceptualization by Africans of themselves and their place in the global system. Treating both the consummate verbal art of these writers and their social relevance, she reveals them to be penetrating analysts who convey lucid, convincing evaluations of the failures and prospects of contemporary African societies.
"[An] excellent critical study.... This work deserves a place on the shelves of students of African studies. Gagiano has carefully dissected the literary works of these three great African writers so that the rest of us may now go beyond wherever we were before we read her book.... opens passageways to meaningful discussions on African literature and postcolonial studies."—Glen Bush, African Studies Review
"Probing analysis of the narratives of three of Africa's most distinguished novelists.... this book is recommended for all college and university libraries."—Choice
"A succinct and elegant study.... Courageous, judicious, and sagacious in its politics."—Chimalum Nwanko