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A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Barack Obama, via Facebook: "A compelling story of how the transformative events of history weigh on individual lives and relationships."
The Nobel Prize-nominated Kenyan writer's best-known novel, featuring an introduction by Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah
Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency. At the center of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. As we learn of the villagers' tangled histories in a narrative interwoven with myth and peppered with allusions to real-life leaders, including Jomo Kenyatta, a masterly story unfolds in which compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed, and loves are tested.
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Paperback
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272 pages
Language:
English
ISBN10:
B0046MG1C4
ISBN13:
B0046MG1C4
About Ngugi wa Thiong'o
kenyan teacher, novelist, essayist, and playwright, whose works function as an important link between the pioneers of african writing and the younger gener
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