TY - BOOK N2 - "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."--Publisher. AB - "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."--Publisher. T1 - A grain of wheat / DA - 2012. CY - New York : AU - Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo, AU - Gurnah, Abdulrazak, CN - PR9381.9.N45 CN - PR9381.9.N45 PB - Penguin Books, PP - New York : PY - 2012. ID - 455598 SN - 9780143106760 (pbk.) SN - 0143106767 (pbk.) TI - A grain of wheat / LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1212/2012007184-b.html LK - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1212/2012007184-d.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1212/2012007184-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1212/2012007184-d.html ER -