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A GRAIN OF WHEAT - NGUGI WA THIONGO TASCHENBUCH

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  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 1 700
titles  Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and
across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced
by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors  as well as
up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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