LIBROS DEL AUTOR: andrew nyongesa

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  • The Rise of Rodedom
    Andrew Nyongesa
    The Rise of Rodedom is a scenic, speculative novel addressing crucial political issues affecting Africa and the world. Drawing on Griffin’s theory that fantastical and otherworldly figures enable satirists to critique human folly indirectly, the novel critiques racism, negative ethnicity, and the flawed psyches of both Western and African societies. Its narrative predates pre-s...
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    40,79 €

  • The Blissabyss
    Andrew Nyongesa
    The Blissabyss depicts the contradictions inherent in human life and its vulnerability to negative trajectories. Save for Nancy, Eugene, Fresha, and Brenda are idealistic in their youth. As they mature, they come to terms with a world with little room for ideals. Driven by ambition to succeed, Eugene reveals his plans to everyone, only to encounter many obstacles on his journey...
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    39,26 €

  • The Pearl on the Horizon
    Andrew Nyongesa
    The Pearl on the Horizon is a moving story about the devastating effects of materialism which sends a rich ethical message in line with religious teachings. Madame Victorine Mahfouz grows up in a materialistic family and looks at everything through these lenses. On the other hand, Eugene and Fresha believe in high achievements in education and subsequent roses. Confronted with ...
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    39,28 €

  • Re-centring Mother Earth
    Andrew Nyongesa
    Literary critics have focused on the nexus between literature and the ecological environment. As a mirror of society, literature encapsulates the natural ecosystem to address environmental degradation as one of the major issues being confronted by communities the world over. Individual literary critics have demonstrated how literary writers have deliberately presented the impac...
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    33,92 €

  • Cultural Hybridity and Fixity
    Andrew Nyongesa
    Immigrants who travel and settle in foreign countries face challenges due to cultural differences or even deliberate segregation by dominant groups. In their attempt to negotiate their existence, some decide to stick to the culture of their mother nations and some stand in the middle, and blend some aspects of their mother culture and the new culture. Although immigrants who re...
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    45,86 €

  • The Water Cycle
    Andrew Nyongesa
    The Water Cycle is tremendously scenic and realistic in depiction of the plight of the African child in the midst of clash of Western and African cultures. This novel presents a captivating rendition of a clash of cultures and is a well-woven, heart rending tragedy of a man at the crossroads of two cultures. ...
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    41,41 €