Grain of Wheat
by wa Thiong'o, Ngugi
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- Paperback
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- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0141186992
- ISBN 13
- 9780141186993
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Umea, Sweden
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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
- h:strom - Text & Kultur AB / Antikvariat & Bokhandel (SE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB-175104231
- Title
- Grain of Wheat
- Author
- wa Thiong'o, Ngugi
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0141186992
- ISBN 13
- 9780141186993
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Place of Publication
- U.s.a.
- This edition first published
- February 7, 2002
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