Petals of Blood
by Thiong'o, Ngugi Wa
- Used
- Fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Wraps
- ISBN 10
- 0525041958
- ISBN 13
- 9780525041955
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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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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- Bookseller
- Basement Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039491
- Title
- Petals of Blood
- Author
- Thiong'o, Ngugi Wa
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Wraps
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0525041958
- ISBN 13
- 9780525041955
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Pages
- 345
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- FICTION AFRICAN MODERN
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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