The Hangman's Game by Karen King-Aribisala
A slave rebellion in nineteenth century Guyana and a military dictatorship in Nigeria intercut and merge in unsettling ways as the characters in the historical novel-within-a-novel erupt into their Caribbean author's life in Nigeria. This novel talks about the Guyana, and the nature of postcolonial power in both Africa and the Caribbean.
Karen King-Aribisala was born in Guyana. She has travelled widely, having been educated in Guyana, Barbados, Italy, Nigeria and England. She is now living and working in Nigeria where she is an Associate Professor of English in the department of English, University of Lagos, Nigeria. She is a writer of non-fiction and fiction and regarding the latter she has published several short stories and poems in various journals such as Wasafiri, Presence Africaine, The Griot and Bim. Her first collection of short stories, Our Wife and Other Stories, won the Best First Book Prize in the Commonwealth Prize (African Region) 1990/91. Her second work, Kicking Tongues, is a blending of poetry and prose, in which she transposes Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to modern-day Nigeria. She is the recipient of a number of awards such as two James Mitchner Fellowships for creative writing at the University of Miami, a Ford Foundation Grant and British Council grants.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781845230463 |
| ISBN 10 | 1845230469 |
| Title | The Hangman's Game |
| Author | Karen King-Aribisala |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Peepal Tree Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-09-03 |
| Number of pages | 220 |
| Prizes | Winner of Commonwealth Writers' Prize Best Book - Africa 2008 |
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