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Renowned novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a student at a prestigious, British-run boarding school near Nairobi when the tumultuous Mau Mau Uprising for independence and Kenyan sovereignty gripped his country. While he enjoyed scouting trips and chess tournaments, his family home was razed to the ground and his brother, a member of the insurgency, was captured by the British and taken to a concentration camp. But Ngũgĩ could not escape history, and eventually found himself jailed after a run in with the forces of colonialism.
Ngũgĩ richly and poignantly evokes the experiences that would transform him into a world-class writer and, as a political dissident, a moral compass to us all. A winning celebration of the implacable determination of youth and the power of hope, here is a searing account of the history of a man-and the story of a nation.
Ngũgĩ richly and poignantly evokes the experiences that would transform him into a world-class writer and, as a political dissident, a moral compass to us all. A winning celebration of the implacable determination of youth and the power of hope, here is a searing account of the history of a man-and the story of a nation.
Renowned novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a student at a prestigious, British-run boarding school near Nairobi when the tumultuous Mau Mau Uprising for independence and Kenyan sovereignty gripped his country. While he enjoyed scouting trips and chess tournaments, his family home was razed to the ground and his brother, a member of the insurgency, was captured by the British and taken to a concentration camp. But Ngũgĩ could not escape history, and eventually found himself jailed after a run in with the forces of colonialism.
Ngũgĩ richly and poignantly evokes the experiences that would transform him into a world-class writer and, as a political dissident, a moral compass to us all. A winning celebration of the implacable determination of youth and the power of hope, here is a searing account of the history of a man-and the story of a nation.
Ngũgĩ richly and poignantly evokes the experiences that would transform him into a world-class writer and, as a political dissident, a moral compass to us all. A winning celebration of the implacable determination of youth and the power of hope, here is a searing account of the history of a man-and the story of a nation.
Über den Autor
Ngugi wa Thiong'o is a Kenyan author, formerly working in English and now working in Gikuyu. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, essays and scholarship, criticism and children's literature. He is the founder and editor of the Gikuyu-language journal, Mutiiri. Ngugi went into exile following his release from a Kenyan prison in 1977; living in the United States, he taught at Yale University for some years, and has since also taught at New York University, with a dual professorship in Comparative Literature and Performance Studies, and the University of California, Irvine. Ngugi renounced writing in English in July 1977 at the Nairobi launch of Petals of Blood, saying that he wished to express himself in a language that his mother and ordinary people could understand.
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Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie |
Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9781101910511 |
ISBN-10: | 1101910518 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Wa Thiong'O, Ngugi |
Hersteller: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 203 x 132 x 15 mm |
Von/Mit: | Ngugi Wa Thiong'O |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.05.2015 |
Gewicht: | 0,324 kg |
Über den Autor
Ngugi wa Thiong'o is a Kenyan author, formerly working in English and now working in Gikuyu. His work includes novels, plays, short stories, essays and scholarship, criticism and children's literature. He is the founder and editor of the Gikuyu-language journal, Mutiiri. Ngugi went into exile following his release from a Kenyan prison in 1977; living in the United States, he taught at Yale University for some years, and has since also taught at New York University, with a dual professorship in Comparative Literature and Performance Studies, and the University of California, Irvine. Ngugi renounced writing in English in July 1977 at the Nairobi launch of Petals of Blood, saying that he wished to express himself in a language that his mother and ordinary people could understand.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2015 |
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Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
Genre: | Importe, Politikwissenschaft & Soziologie |
Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
ISBN-13: | 9781101910511 |
ISBN-10: | 1101910518 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Wa Thiong'O, Ngugi |
Hersteller: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Produktsicherheitsverantwortliche/r, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 203 x 132 x 15 mm |
Von/Mit: | Ngugi Wa Thiong'O |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 12.05.2015 |
Gewicht: | 0,324 kg |
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