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Petals of Blood
Author | : Ngugi wa Thiong'o,Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo |
Publsiher | : Penguin Mass Market |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 0140153519 |
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"Ambitious, caustic, and impassioned."-The New Yorker. A deceptively simple tale to the investigation of a puzzling triple murder in upcountry Kenya, with four suspects taken in for questioning.
Petals of Blood
Author | : Ngugi wa Thiong'o |
Publsiher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 419 |
Release | : 2018-04-05 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781473549883 |
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'A compelling novel about the tragedy of corrupting power, set in post-independence Kenya... Ngugi writes with passion about every form, shape and colour which power can take' Sunday Times After decades of British rule Kenya has declared its independence, but drought and poor harvests still govern the village of Ilmorog. Undeterred, Munira, Karega, Wanja and Abdulla each move to Ilmorog in search of a more provincial life, only to find themselves suspects in a crime that signals a dark turning of the times. A classic of modern African literature, Ngugi wa Thiong'o's damning satire of politics and corruption in Kenya would prove the catalyst for his imprisonment by the Kenyan government.
Petals of Blood
Author | : Ngugi wa Thiong'o,Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo |
Publsiher | : Penguin Modern Classics |
Total Pages | : 409 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Kenya |
ISBN | : 0141187026 |
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There has been a murder in the Kenyan village of Ilmorog. Four suspects are placed in detention: headmaster Munira, teacher and political activist Karega, spirited barmaid Wanja and storekeeper Abdulla. But there are no easy solutions to the crime in a place already filled with fear and intimidation. As the murder is investigated, it becomes clear how the lives of suspects and victims are inextricably linked to the fortunes of their village, and to the crisis of modern Kenya itself. Petals of Bloodwas published in 1977 to huge controversy, leading to Ngugi's imprisonment for his portrayal of a post-independence Kenya ruled by greed, corruption and brutality. Yet his blistering criticism of the legacy of colonialism still burns with hope for the future.
A Study Guide for Ngugi wa Thiong o s Petals of Blood
Author | : Gale, Cengage Learning |
Publsiher | : Gale, Cengage Learning |
Total Pages | : 34 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781410355270 |
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The Oxford Companion to Twentieth century Literature in English
Author | : Jenny Stringer |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 774 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : American literature |
ISBN | : 9780192122711 |
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Survey of twentieth century English-language writers and writing from around the world, celebrating all major genres, with entries on literary movements, periodicals, more than 400 individual works, and articles on approximately 2,400 authors.
The Perfect Nine
Author | : Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o |
Publsiher | : The New Press |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2020-10-06 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781620975268 |
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A dazzling, genre-defying novel in verse from the author Delia Owens says “tackles the absurdities, injustices, and corruption of a continent” Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s novels and memoirs have received glowing praise from the likes of President Barack Obama, the New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, and NPR; he has been a finalist for the Man International Booker Prize and is annually tipped to win the Nobel Prize for Literature; and his books have sold tens of thousands of copies around the world. In his first attempt at the epic form, Ngũgĩ tells the story of the founding of the Gĩkũyũ people of Kenya, from a strongly feminist perspective. A verse narrative, blending folklore, mythology, adventure, and allegory, The Perfect Nine chronicles the efforts the Gĩkũyũ founders make to find partners for their ten beautiful daughters—called “The Perfect Nine” —and the challenges they set for the 99 suitors who seek their hands in marriage. The epic has all the elements of adventure, with suspense, danger, humor, and sacrifice. Ngũgĩ’s epic is a quest for the beautiful as an ideal of living, as the motive force behind migrations of African peoples. He notes, “The epic came to me one night as a revelation of ideals of quest, courage, perseverance, unity, family; and the sense of the divine, in human struggles with nature and nurture.”
Weep Not Child
Author | : Ngugi wa Thiong'o,Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo |
Publsiher | : Heinemann |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0435908308 |
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"Two small boys stand on a rubbish heap and look into the future. One boy is excited, he is beginning school; the other, his brother, is an apprentice carpetner. Together, they will serve their country--the teacher and the craftsman. But this is Kenya and times are against them. In the forests, the Mau Mau are waging war against the white government, and two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, and the rest of their family, need to decide where their loyalties lie. For the practical man, the choice is simple, but for Njoroge, the scholar, the dream of progress through learning is a hard one to give up"--P. [4] of cover.
Wizard of the Crow
Author | : Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo |
Publsiher | : East African Publishers |
Total Pages | : 788 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 9966254919 |
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