KINTU.
by Makumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
- Seller
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Ione, California, United States
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About This Item
Oakland, CA:: Transit Books,, 2017.. First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) An award-winning debut - "The year is 1750. As he makes his way to the capital to pledge allegiance to the new leader of the Buganda Kingdom, Kintu Kidda unleashes a curse that will plague his family for generations. As the centuries pass, the tale moves down the bloodline, exploring the lives of four of Kintu Kidda's descendants. . . Blending Ganda oral tradition, myth, folktale and history, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi has brought to life an extraordinarily colourful cast of characters to produce a powerful epic and a modern classic." First published in Kenya in 2014, winner of the Kwani Manuscript Prize, longlisted for the Etisalat Prize for African fiction. Introduction by Aaron Bady. viii, 443 pp.
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Details
- Seller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 88058
- Title
- KINTU.
- Author
- Makumbi, Jennifer Nansubuga
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
- Publisher
- Transit Books,
- Place of Publication
- Oakland, CA:
- Date Published
- 2017.
- Keywords
- uganda, first novel, Kwani Manuscript Prize, arc, uncorrected proof,
- Bookseller catalogs
- African Literature;
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