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A Grain of Wheat

Originally published in 1967, Ngugi wa Thiong`o`s third novel is his best known and arguably most ambitious work. ‘œA Grain of Wheat” portrays several characters in a village whose intertwined lives are transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency in Kenya. As the novel follows the village`s arrangements for Uhuru (independence) Day, this is a story of stories within stories, a narrative interwoven with myth as well as allusions to real-life leaders of the nationalist struggle, including Jomo Kenyatta. At the centre of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village`s chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. As events unfold, compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed and loves are tested. It’™s easy to see once read why this is still a great work over a half a century later.

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