{"product_id":"magical-realism-in-west-african-fiction-seeing-with-a-third-eye-routledge-research-in-postcolonial-literatures-0415182395","title":"Magical Realism in West African Fiction: Seeing with a third eye (Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0415182395\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Cooper, Brenda\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis study contextualizes magical realism within current debates and theories of postcoloniality and examines the fiction of three of its West African pioneers: Syl Cheney-Coker of Sierra Leone, Ben Okri of Nigeria and Kojo Laing of Ghana. Brenda Cooper explores the distinct elements of the genre in a West African context, and in relation to:* a range of global expressions of magical realism, from the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez to that of Salman Rushdie* wider contemporary trends in African writing, with particular attention to how the realism of authors such as Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka has been connected with nationalist agendas.This is a fascinating and important work for all those working on African literature, magical realism, or postcoloniality.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51864425922848,"sku":"NEW0415182395","price":268.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71rkNZTmwNL.jpg?v=1781644846","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/magical-realism-in-west-african-fiction-seeing-with-a-third-eye-routledge-research-in-postcolonial-literatures-0415182395","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}