Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
240 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm |
Summary |
From the world-renowned Kenyan novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic, the second volume of his memoirs, spanning 1955-1959, the author's high school years during the tumultuous Mau Mau Uprising. In the House of the Interpreter evokes a haunting childhood at the end of British colonial rule in Africa, and the formative experiences of a political dissident. |
Subject |
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
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Authors, Kenyan -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Revolutionaries -- Kenya -- Biography.
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ISBN |
9780307907691 hardback |
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0307907694 hardback |
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