Mister Johnson
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Set in colonial Nigeria during the 1930s, Mister Johnson chronicles the tragic story of Johnson, an exuberantly optimistic young African clerk who works for the British colonial administration. Written with a vivid, present-tense immediacy, Joyce Cary presents a portrait of a man caught between two worlds — the traditional African society of his origins and the alien British colonial culture he so fervently embraces. Johnson's irrepressible spirit, generosity, and boundless imagination drive him to increasingly reckless acts, as his naïve dreams collide with the harsh realities of colonial bureaucracy and racial prejudice. Widely regarded as one of the finest novels to emerge from the British colonial era in Africa, the work argues powerfully — and with uncomfortable honesty — that the colonial enterprise ultimately destroys the very human spirit it professes to uplift.
Author: Joyce Cary
Format: Paperback
Published: 1962, Penguin Modern Classics
Genre: Modern fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Set in colonial Nigeria during the 1930s, Mister Johnson chronicles the tragic story of Johnson, an exuberantly optimistic young African clerk who works for the British colonial administration. Written with a vivid, present-tense immediacy, Joyce Cary presents a portrait of a man caught between two worlds — the traditional African society of his origins and the alien British colonial culture he so fervently embraces. Johnson's irrepressible spirit, generosity, and boundless imagination drive him to increasingly reckless acts, as his naïve dreams collide with the harsh realities of colonial bureaucracy and racial prejudice. Widely regarded as one of the finest novels to emerge from the British colonial era in Africa, the work argues powerfully — and with uncomfortable honesty — that the colonial enterprise ultimately destroys the very human spirit it professes to uplift.