{"product_id":"a-grain-of-wheat-paperback","title":"A Grain of Wheat - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNgugi Wa Thiong'o\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAbdulrazak Gurnah\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eChinua Achebe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eBarack Obama, via Facebook \"A compelling story of how the transformative events of history weigh on individual lives and relationships.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Nobel Prize-nominated Kenyan writer\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003es best-known novel, featuring an introduction by Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, \u003ci\u003eA Grain of Wheat\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNgugi wa Thiong'o\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning novelist, playwright, and essayist from Kenya whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages. He lives in Irvine, California, where he is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbdulrazak Gurnah\u003c\/b\u003e won the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 2021, and is the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted novel \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e, among other novels. He was born in Zanzibar, Tanzania, and teaches English literature at the University of Kent in England.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.6 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 05, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52023900930349,"sku":"9780143106760","price":19.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/a-grain-of-wheat-paperback-2288040.webp?v=1777429507","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/a-grain-of-wheat-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}