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082 0 4 _a823.9'14
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100 0 _aNgũgı̃ wa Thiong'o,
_d1938-
245 1 2 _aA grain of wheat /
_cNgugi wa Thiong'o.
250 _aRev. ed. /
_bwith a new introduction by Abdulrazak Gurnah.
260 _aLondon :
_bPenguin,
_c2002.
300 _axiv, 242p. ;
_c20 cm.
490 0 _aPenguin classics
500 _aThis translation originally published: London: Heinemann, 1967.
520 8 _aA Grain of Wheat portrays several characters in a village whose intertwined lives are transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency in Kenya. As events unfold, compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed and loves are tested.
651 0 _aKenya
_xHistory
_yMau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960
_vFiction.
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