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A Grain of Wheat

A Grain of Wheat

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
3.8/5 ( ratings)
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.
Language
English
Pages
247
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Heinemann Educational Books
Release
January 01, 1994
ISBN
0435909878
ISBN 13
9780435909871

A Grain of Wheat

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
3.8/5 ( ratings)
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.
Language
English
Pages
247
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Heinemann Educational Books
Release
January 01, 1994
ISBN
0435909878
ISBN 13
9780435909871

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