A Grain of Wheat
  • Published:
    Jun-2012
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    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    Literary
  • Time Period:
    1940's-1950's
  • Pages:
    272
  • Age Level:
    18 & up
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Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency. At the center of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. As we learn of the villagers' tangled histories in a narrative interwoven with myth and peppered with allusions to real-life leaders, including Jomo Kenyatta, a masterly story unfolds, one in which compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed, and loves are tested.
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    • First Edition
    • Jun-2012
    • Penguin
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 0143106767
    • ISBN13: 9780143106760
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    • Jun-2012
    • Penguin Classics
    • eBook (Kindle)



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