A Grain of Wheat
by Ngugi Wa Thiongo
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good Minus
- ISBN 10
- 0435900366
- ISBN 13
- 9780435900366
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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Synopsis
A Grain of Wheat is the third and best-known novel by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, a novelist from Kenya. The novel weaves several stories together during the state of emergency in Kenya's struggle for independence (1952–1959), focusing on the quiet Mugo, whose life is ruled by a dark secret. The plot revolves around his home village's preparations for Kenya's independence day celebration.
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- Bookseller
- The Unskoolbookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017285
- Title
- A Grain of Wheat
- Author
- Ngugi Wa Thiongo
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Minus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0435900366
- ISBN 13
- 9780435900366
- Publisher
- Heinemann Educational Books Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1971
- Keywords
- African FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction for Grownups and Older Kids;
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