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  A Grain of Wheat (Paperback) By (author) Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Introduction by Abdulrazak Gurnah

  

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  Short Description for A Grain of WheatA novel that portrays several characters in a village whose intertwined lives are transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency in Kenya. It features a reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret.
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  • Publisher: PENGUIN CLASSICS
  • Published: 01 July 2010
  • Format: Paperback 272 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780141186993 ISBN 10: 0141186992
  • Sales rank: 47,576

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• Originally published in 1967, Ngugi's third novel is his best known and most ambitious work. "A Grain of Wheat" portrays several characters in a village whose intertwined lives are transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency in Kenya. As the action follows the village's arrangements for Uhuru (independence) Day. This is a novel of stories within stories, a narrative interwoven with myth as well as allusions to real-life leaders of the nationalist struggle, including Jomo Kenyatta. At the centre of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. As events unfold, compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed and loves are tested.