| Title | : | A Grain of Wheat |
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| Author | : | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o |
| Release | : | 2019-07-09 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | Fiction |
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| 1 | A Grain of Wheat | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o |
| Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat 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. |
