A Grain of Wheat

"A Grain of Wheat" is a novel by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o with an introduction by Abdulrazak Gurnah. In "A Grain of Wheat” the year is 1963. The place is Kenya. Uhuru - Independence Day - is to come. The day where the colonized and colonizers reflect on their achievements and losses. In Thabai, the rebel leader, Kihika, was betrayed to the whiteman. Gikonoyo was imprisoned and his marriage was destroyed. The brave survivor, Mugo, harbours a terrible secret. "A Grain of Wheat” is an explosion of love, friendship, war and betrayal. The implied get their love and friendships challenged and they are forced to compromise. Ngugi Wa Thiong'o is the author of ”Weep Not Child” (1964), "The River Between” (1965) and "Petals of Blood” (1977) Ngugi Wa Thiong'o was chair of the Department of Literature at the University of Nairobi from 1972 to 1977 Ngugi Wa Thiong'o became a professor of comparative literature and performance studies at New York University in 1992 ​Abdulrazak Gurnah is the author of "By the Sea” (2001)

"A Grain of Wheat" is a novel by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o with an introduction by Abdulrazak Gurnah. In "A Grain of Wheat” the year is 1963. The place is Kenya. Uhuru - Independence Day - is to come. The day where the colonized and colonizers reflect on their achievements and losses. In Thabai, the rebel leader, Kihika, was betrayed to the whiteman. Gikonoyo was imprisoned and his marriage was destroyed. The brave survivor, Mugo, harbours a terrible secret. "A Grain of Wheat” is an explosion of love, friendship, war and betrayal. The implied get their love and friendships challenged and they are forced to compromise. Ngugi Wa Thiong'o is the author of ”Weep Not Child” (1964), "The River Between” (1965) and "Petals of Blood” (1977) Ngugi Wa Thiong'o was chair of the Department of Literature at the University of Nairobi from 1972 to 1977 Ngugi Wa Thiong'o became a professor of comparative literature and performance studies at New York University in 1992 ​Abdulrazak Gurnah is the author of "By the Sea” (2001)

Barack Obama, via Facebook: “A compelling story of how the transformative events of history weigh on individual lives and relationships.” The Nobel Prize–nominated Kenyan writer ’ s best-known novel, featuring an introduction by Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat 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. For 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.

Barack Obama, via Facebook: “Acompelling story of how the transformative events of history weigh on individual lives and relationships.” The Nobel Prize–nominated Kenyan writer ’ sbest-known novel, featuring an introduction by Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust theseries to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-datetranslations by award-winning translators.