Secret Lives & Other Stories
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'One of the greatest writers of our time' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Ngugi wa Thiong'o is renowned for his political novels and plays, yet he honed his craft as a short story writer. First published in 1975, Secret Lives and Other Stories brings together a range of Ngugi's political short stories.From tales of the meeting between magic and superstition, to stories about the modernising forces of colonialism, and the pervasive threat of nature, this collection celebrates the storytelling might of one of Africa's best-loved writers.
CONTRIBUTORS: Ngugi wa Thiong'o
EAN: 9781784873370
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 127 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Vintage Publishing
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GENRE: FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Political, FICTION / World Literature / Africa / East Africa
WIDTH: 129 cm
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Book Themes:
Kenya, Classic fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Social issues, Short stories
A tremendous writer... It's hard to doubt the power of the written word when you hear the story of Ngugi wa Thiong’o, One of Kenya's greatest storytellers, A visionary writer, In his crowded career and eventful life, Ngugi has enacted, for all to see, the paradigmatic trials and quandaries of a contemporary African writer, caught in sometimes implacable political, social, racial and linguistic currents
Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the leading writers and scholars at work in the world today. His books include the novels Petals of Blood, for which he was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977, A Grain of Wheat and Wizard of the Crow; the memoirs, Dreams in a Time of War, In the House of the Interpreter and Birth of a Dream Weaver; and the essays, Decolonizing the Mind, Something Torn and New and Globalectics. Recipient of many honours, among them ten honorary doctorates, he is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.
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'One of the greatest writers of our time' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Ngugi wa Thiong'o is renowned for his political novels and plays, yet he honed his craft as a short story writer. First published in 1975, Secret Lives and Other Stories brings together a range of Ngugi's political short stories.From tales of the meeting between magic and superstition, to stories about the modernising forces of colonialism, and the pervasive threat of nature, this collection celebrates the storytelling might of one of Africa's best-loved writers.
CONTRIBUTORS: Ngugi wa Thiong'o
EAN: 9781784873370
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
PAGES:
WEIGHT: 127 g
HEIGHT: 198 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Vintage Publishing
DATE PUBLISHED:
CITY:
GENRE: FICTION / Classics, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Short Stories (single author), FICTION / Political, FICTION / World Literature / Africa / East Africa
WIDTH: 129 cm
SPINE:
Book Themes:
Kenya, Classic fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Politics, Narrative theme: Social issues, Short stories
Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the leading writers and scholars at work in the world today. His books include the novels Petals of Blood, for which he was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977, A Grain of Wheat and Wizard of the Crow; the memoirs, Dreams in a Time of War, In the House of the Interpreter and Birth of a Dream Weaver; and the essays, Decolonizing the Mind, Something Torn and New and Globalectics. Recipient of many honours, among them ten honorary doctorates, he is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.
