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Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo, 1938-
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Peasant uprisings -- Fiction.
Secrecy -- Fiction.
Betrayal -- Fiction.
Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960 -- Fiction.
Kenya -- Fiction.
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo, 1938-
Peasant uprisings -- Fiction.
Secrecy -- Fiction.
Betrayal -- Fiction.
Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960 -- Fiction.
Kenya -- Fiction.
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A
grain
of
wheat
/ Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'ơ ; introduction by Abdulrazak Gurnah.
by
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo, 1938-
Penguin Books, 2012.
Call #:
FICTION NGU
Subjects
Peasant uprisings -- Fiction.
Secrecy -- Fiction.
Betrayal -- Fiction.
Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960 -- Fiction.
Kenya -- Fiction.
Series
Penguin classics.
ISBN:
9780143106760 (trade pbk.)
Description:
xvi, 242 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
First published 1967.
Summary:
"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."--Publisher.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Black fiction
Other authors:
Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948-
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Adult Black Fiction
FICTION NGU
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