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In the House of the Interpreter

Ngugi wa Thiong’o

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#2075 of 3,809 books · #725 in Biography & Memoir

Shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography (2012).

In the House of the Interpreter won the National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist. Renowned novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a student at a prestigious, British-run boarding school near Nairobi when the tumultuous Mau Mau Uprising for independence and Kenyan sovereignty gripped his country. While he enjoyed scouting trips and chess tournaments, his family home was razed to the ground and his brother, a member of the insurgency, was captured by the British and taken to a concentration camp. But Ngũgĩ could not escape history, and eventually found himself jailed after a run in with the forces of colonialism. A winning celebration of the implacable determination of youth and the power of hope, here is a searing account of the history of a man—and the story of a nation.

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Publisher
Vintage
ISBN-13
9780307907707
Topics
Kenyan independence and Mau Mau UprisingColonialism and educationComing of age

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