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A Grain of Wheat
by Ngugi wa Thiong'o
- LITERATURE
- 2012
- PAPER
- 272 PAGES
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At the center of this novel 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, one in which compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed, and loves are tested.
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