Grain of Wheat

Barack Obama, via Facebook: ';Acompelling story of how the transformative events of history weigh on individual lives and relationships.'The Nobel Prizenominated Kenyan writer'sbest-known novelSet in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain,A Grain of Wh [...]
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Barack Obama, via Facebook: ';Acompelling story of how the transformative events of history weigh on individual lives and relationships.'The Nobel Prizenominated Kenyan writer'sbest-known novelSet in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain,A Grain of Wheatfollows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 19521960 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.