The Interpreters (Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Wole Soyinka
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Social realism
- Time of Work: The early 1960’s, soon after Nigerian independence
- Setting: Lagos and Ibadan, Nigeria
- Principal Characters: Bandele, Egbo, Biodun Sagoe, Kola, Sekoni, Komolola Dehinwa, Joe Golder
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: 1960’s, Africa or Africans, Journalism or journalists, Politics, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Race, Art or artists, Villages, Polygamy or bigamy, City life, Painting or painters, Engineering
- Locales: Lagos, Nigeria, Nigeria, Ibadan, Nigeria
The Novel
The Interpreters has no central plot; it is instead a sequence of dramatic scenes and lyric descriptions that follow a chronological line, interrupted by periodic flashbacks and recollections, during the rainy season in Nigeria from May through July. The action shifts from Lagos and the university city of Ibadan to the back country and lagoons outside populated areas. The main characters are university graduates, who have studied and traveled abroad and have just returned to Nigeria because of the country’s newly obtained independence. These intellectuals,...
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