A Grain of Wheat.
NGUGI, James [Ngugi wa Thiongo].
A Grain of Wheat.
First Edition of A James Ngugi's Grain of Wheat
London: William Heinemann, 1967.
$600.00
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Item Number: 150144
First edition of the author’s magnum opus. Octavo, original cloth. Near fine in a very good price-clipped dust jacket. Uncommon in this condition.
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.
