A Grain of Wheat

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Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Chinua Achebe

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Penguin USA
27 March 2013

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: Penguin African Writers Series

Barack Obama, via Facebook- ""A compelling story of how the transformative events of history weigh on individual lives and relationships.""

The Nobel Prize-nominated Kenyan writer's best-known novel

A Penguin Classic

Barack Obama, via Facebook- ""Acompelling story of how the transformative events of history weigh on individual lives and relationships.""

The Nobel Prize-nominated Kenyan writer'sbest-known novel, featuring an introduction by Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah

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 in which compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed, and loves are tested.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.

By: Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Introduction by: Abdulrazak Gurnah
Series edited by: Chinua Achebe
Imprint: Penguin USA
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 193mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 210g
ISBN: 9780143106760
ISBN 10: 0143106767
Series: Penguin African Writers Series
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 27 March 2013
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938-2025) was an award-winning novelist, playwright, and essayist from Kenya whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages. In addition to A Grain of Wheat, his novels Devil on the Cross, Petals of Blood, The River Between, and Weep Not, Child are available from Penguin Classics. Abdulrazak Gurnah (introduction) won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2021 and is the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Paradise, among other novels. He was born in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and teaches English literature at the University of Kent in England.

Reviews for A Grain of Wheat

“One of the greatest writers of our time.” —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Guardian “His novels . . . have been deservedly canonized by the iconic [Penguin Classics] series.” —The Wall Street Journal