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A grain of wheat

Ngũgı̃ wa Thiong'o, 1938-2002
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A Grain of Wheat portrays several characters in a village whose intertwined lives are transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency in Kenya. As events unfold, compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed and loves are tested.
Main title:
A grain of wheat / Ngugi wa Thiong'o.
Edition:
Rev. ed. / with a new introduction by Abdulrazak Gurnah.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2002.
Collation:
xiv, 242p. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
"With a new introduction by Abdulrazak Gurnah."This translation originally published: London: Heinemann, 1967.
ISBN:
9780141186993 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.914FFICTIONClassics
Local class:
FIC/NGU
Language:
English
BRN:
405194
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