'A compelling novel about the tragedy of corrupting power, set in post-independence Kenya...Ngugi writes with passion about every form, shape and colour which power can take' Sunday Times After decades of British rule Kenya has declared its independence, but drought and poor harvests still govern the village of Ilmorog. Undeterred, Munira, Karega, Wanja and Abdulla each move to Ilmorog in search of a more provincial life, only to find themselves suspects in a crime that signals a dark turning of the times. A classic of modern African literature, Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s damning satire of politics and corruption in Kenya would prove the catalyst for his imprisonment by the Kenyan government.
CONTRIBUTORS: Ngugi wa Thiong'oEAN: 9781784873363COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 298 gHEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Vintage PublishingDATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Political, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / World Literature / Africa / East AfricaWIDTH: 129 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Kenya, c 1970 to c 1979, Classic fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery fiction, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Social issues, Decolonisation and postcolonial studies
Ambitious, caustic, and impassioned, A compelling novel about the tragedy of corrupting power, set in post-independence Kenya. . . Ngugi writes with passion about every form, shape and colour which power can take, A mind-blowing political statement, an anguished cry of despair… a bombshell
Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the leading writers and scholars at work in the world today. His books include the novels Petals of Blood, for which he was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977, A Grain of Wheat and Wizard of the Crow; the memoirs, Dreams in a Time of War, In the House of the Interpreter and Birth of a Dream Weaver; and the essays, Decolonizing the Mind, Something Torn and New and Globalectics. Recipient of many honours, among them ten honorary doctorates, he is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.
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'A compelling novel about the tragedy of corrupting power, set in post-independence Kenya...Ngugi writes with passion about every form, shape and colour which power can take' Sunday Times After decades of British rule Kenya has declared its independence, but drought and poor harvests still govern the village of Ilmorog. Undeterred, Munira, Karega, Wanja and Abdulla each move to Ilmorog in search of a more provincial life, only to find themselves suspects in a crime that signals a dark turning of the times. A classic of modern African literature, Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s damning satire of politics and corruption in Kenya would prove the catalyst for his imprisonment by the Kenyan government.
CONTRIBUTORS: Ngugi wa Thiong'oEAN: 9781784873363COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 298 gHEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Vintage PublishingDATE PUBLISHED: CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Political, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / World Literature / Africa / East AfricaWIDTH: 129 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
Kenya, c 1970 to c 1979, Classic fiction: general and literary, Crime and mystery fiction, Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Social issues, Decolonisation and postcolonial studies
Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the leading writers and scholars at work in the world today. His books include the novels Petals of Blood, for which he was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977, A Grain of Wheat and Wizard of the Crow; the memoirs, Dreams in a Time of War, In the House of the Interpreter and Birth of a Dream Weaver; and the essays, Decolonizing the Mind, Something Torn and New and Globalectics. Recipient of many honours, among them ten honorary doctorates, he is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.
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