A Grain of Wheat

Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Abdulrazak Gurnah

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Penguin Classics
07 February 2000

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

A masterly story of myth, rebellion, love, friendship and betrayal from one of Africa's great writers, Ngugi wa Thiong'o's A Grain of Wheat includes an introduction by Abdulrazak Gurnah, author of By the Sea, in Penguin Modern Classics.

Originally published in 1967, Ngugi's third novel is his best known and most ambitious work.

A GRAIN OF WHEAT portrays several characters in a village whose intertwined lives are transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency in Kenya.

As the action follows the village's arrangements for Uhuru (independence) Day, this is a novel of stories within stories, a narrative interwoven with myth as well as allusions to real-life leaders of the nationalist struggle, including Jomo Kenyatta. At the centre of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret.

As events unfold, compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed and loves are tested.

By: Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Introduction by: Abdulrazak Gurnah
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 666
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 206g
ISBN: 9780141186993
ISBN 10: 0141186992
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 07 February 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kenyan novelist and playwright Ngugi wa Thiong'o is the author of WEEP NOT CHILD (1964), THE RIVER BETWEEN (1965), and PETALS OF BLOOD (1977). Ngugi was chair of the Department of Literature at the University of Nairobi from 1972 to 1977. He left Kenya in 1982 and taught at various universities in the United States before he became professor of comparative literature and performance studies at New York University in 1992.

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