A Grain of Wheat
$35.79
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
27 March 2013
Summary
“A compelling story of how the transformative events of history weigh on individual lives and relationships.” - Barack Obama, via Facebook
The Nobel Prize-nominated Kenyan writer’s best-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 t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143106760 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143106767 |
| Author: | Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Chinua Achebe |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | Penguin USA |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 27 March 2013 |
| Weight: | 210g |
| Dimensions: | 193mm x 130mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Penguin African Writers Series |
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“His novels … have been deservedly canonized by the iconic [Penguin Classics] series.” – The Wall Street Journal
“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
About The Author
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
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.
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