A GRAIN OF WHEAT

Imagen de cubierta: A GRAIN OF WHEAT
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Idioma: 
Inglés
Número de páginas: 
244
Dimensiones: 200 mm × 150 mm × 0 mm
Fecha de publicación: 
2012
ISBN: 
978-0-14-310676-0

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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