The Perfect Nine
The Epic of Gikuyu and Mumbi
A dazzling, genre-defying novel in verse from the author Delia Owens says tackles the absurdities, injustices, and corruption of a continentNgugi 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, Ngugi tells the story of the founding of the Gikuyu people of Kenya, from a strongly feminist per…
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- ISBN: 978-1-62097-525-1
- EAN: 9781620975251
- Produktnummer: 33439286
- Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
- Seitenangabe: 240 S.
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One of the leading writers and scholars at work today, Ngugi wa Thiong'o was born in Limuru, Kenya, in 1938. He is the author of A Grain of Wheat; Weep Not, Child; and Petals of Blood, as well as Birth of a Dream Weaver, Wrestling with the Devil, and Minutes of Glory (all from The New Press). Currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, Ngugi is recipient of twelve honorary doctorates, among other awards.
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