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A GRAIN OF WHEAT

A GRAIN OF WHEAT

NGUGI WA THIONG’O

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PENGUIN
Año de edición:
2012
Materia:
Classic literature
ISBN:
978-0-14-310676-0
Páginas:
242
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u003cbu003eu003cbu003eu003cbu003eBarack Obama, via Facebook "A compelling story of how the transformative events of history weigh on individual lives and relationships."u003c/bu003e u003cpu003eThe Nobel Prize-nominated Kenyan writeru003cbu003e'u003c/bu003es best-known novelu003cbru003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003c/bu003eSet in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, u003ciu003eA Grain of Wheatu003c/iu003e 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. u003cpu003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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