Petals of Blood
by Wa Thiong'o, Ngugi
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0143039172
- ISBN 13
- 9780143039174
- Seller
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Maplewood, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Penguin Classics, 2005. Very Good paperback, some wear on back cover. Trade Paperback. Very Good.
Synopsis
Petals of Blood is a novel written by Ngugi wa Thiong'o first published in 1977. Set in Kenya just after independece, the story follows four of the novel's major characters - Munira, Abdulla, Wanja, and Karega - whose lives are all intertwined due to the Mau Mau rebellion. In order to escape city life, each retreats to the small, pastoral village of Ilmorog.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Book House - St. Louis (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200921-MB72
- Title
- Petals of Blood
- Author
- Wa Thiong'o, Ngugi
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0143039172
- ISBN 13
- 9780143039174
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Kenya African Kenyan Literature Fiction Story Novel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
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- Trade Paperback
- Used to indicate any paperback book that is larger than a mass-market paperback and is often more similar in size to a hardcover...