Dreams in a Time of War

Informationen zum Autor Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the leading writers and scholars at work in the world today. His books include the novels Petals of Blood , for which he was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977, A Grain of Wheat and Wizard of the Crow; the memoirs, Dreams in a Time of War , In the House of the Interpreter and Birth of a Dream Weaver; and the essays, Decolonizing the Mind , Something Torn and New and Globalectics. Recipient of many honours, among them ten honorary doctorates, he is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine. Klappentext Through the story of his grandparents and parents, and his brothers' involvement in the violent Mau Mau uprising, Ngugi deftly etches a tumultuous era, capturing the landscape, the people and their culture, and the social and political vicissitudes of life under colonialism and war. Zusammenfassung Through the story of his grandparents and parents, and his brothers' involvement in the violent Mau Mau uprising, Ngugi deftly etches a tumultuous era, capturing the landscape, the people and their culture, and the social and political vicissitudes of life under colonialism and war.

Product details

• Authors: Ngugi wa Thiong&apos, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, O, Ngugi wa Thiongo, Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Ngugi wa Thiong'o
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 03.03.2011
• EAN: 9780099548522
• ISBN: 978-0-09-954852-2
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 17 mm
• Series: VINTAGE BOOKS
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Africa / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, Kenya, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, African History, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence