Petals of Blood.
by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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- Paperback
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- ISBN 10
- 0525482350
- ISBN 13
- 9780525482352
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About This Item
New York Dutton [] , 1978, paperback. Softcover, 344 pages. Condition: very good (spine crease; owner name) -- Novel about corruption in Kenya by this perennial Nobel-contender, who was jailed after publication of this book. ISBN 0525482350
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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- Bucks County Bookshop IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Petals of Blood.
- Author
- Ngugi wa Thiong'o
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- ISBN 10
- 0525482350
- ISBN 13
- 9780525482352
- Publisher
- Dutton []
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Bookseller catalogs
- Africa;
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