Ngugi Wa Thiong’o A Grain of Wheat recensie en informatie over de inhoud van de roman uit 1967 van de Keniaanse schrijver. Op deze pagina lees je uitgebreide informatie over de eerste roman van de uit Kenia afkomstige schrijver Ngugi Wa Thiong’o die in 1967 verscheen. De Nederlandse vertaling van de roman, Slechts een korrel graan is op dit moment alleen antiquarisch verkrijgbaar.
Ngugi Wa Thiong’o A Grain of Wheat recensie, review en informatie
- “With Ngugi history is a living tissue … this book adds cubits to his already considerable stature.” (Guardian)
A Grain of Wheat
- Auteur: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (Kenia)
- Soort boek: Keniaanse roman uit 1967
- Taal: Engels
- Uitgever: Penguin Classic
- Omvang: 272 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Waardering redactie: ∗∗∗∗∗ (uitstekend)
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Flaptekst van de roman uit 1967 van Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
A masterly story of myth, rebellion, love, friendship and betrayal from one of Africa’s great writers, Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s A Grain of Wheat includes an introduction by Abdulrazak Gurnah.
It is 1963 and Kenya is on the verge of Uhuru – Independence Day. The mighty british government has been toppled, and in the lull between the fighting and the new world, colonized and colonizer alike reflect on what they have gained and lost. In the village of Thabai, the men and women who live there have been transformed irrevocably by the uprising. Kihika, legendary rebel leader, was fatally betrayed to the whiteman. Gikonyo’s marriage to the beautiful Mumbi was destroyed when he was imprisoned, while her life has been shattered in other ways. And Mugo, brave survivor of the camps and now a village hero, harbours a terrible secret. As events unfold, compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed and loves are tested.
Ngugi wa Thiong’o (5 januari 1938, Kamiriithu, Kenia) 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.