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A Grain of Wheat
by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- VG
- ISBN 10
- 0435909878
- ISBN 13
- 9780435909871
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About This Item
Edinburgh: Heinemann, 2008. 267pp. Sticker remnants bottom of spine. . Pb. VG.
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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- Priceless Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 253120
- Title
- A Grain of Wheat
- Author
- Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- ISBN 10
- 0435909878
- ISBN 13
- 9780435909871
- Publisher
- Heinemann
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- Fiction Novels
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