{"product_id":"weep-not-child-paperback","title":"Weep Not, Child - 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\u003eBen Okri\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eChinua Achebe\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Nobel Prize-nominated Kenyan writer's powerful first novel \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, stand on a garbage heap and look into their futures: Njoroge is to attend school, while Kamau will train to be a carpenter. But this is Kenya, and the times are against them: In the forests, the Mau Mau is waging war against the white government, and the two brothers and their family need to decide where their loyalties lie. For the practical Kamau, the choice is simple, but for Njoroge the scholar, the dream of progress through learning is a hard one to give up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first East African novel published in English, \u003ci\u003e Weep Not, Child\u003c\/i\u003e explores the effects of the infamous Mau Mau uprising on the lives of ordinary men and women, and on one family in particular. \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\u003eBen Okri\u003c\/b\u003e won the Booker Prize in 1991 for his novel \u003ci\u003eThe Famished Road\u003c\/i\u003e. He was born in Lagos, Nigeria, and lives in London.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.6 x 5 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":51999673844013,"sku":"9780143106692","price":18.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/OUpGZGp4SGtFemVCTUdrQkUyNnZkZz09.webp?v=1776570631","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/weep-not-child-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}