Description
| Product ID: | 9780099548522 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Dreams in a Time of War |
| Authors: | Author: Ngugi wa Thiong'o |
| Page Count: | 272 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: historical, political and military, Autobiography: historical, political & military, African history, History, National liberation and independence, African history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, Kenya |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. Ngugi wa Thiong''o was born the fifth child of his father''s third wife, in a family that includes twenty-four children born to four different mothers. He spent his 1930s childhood as the apple of his mother''s eye, before attending school to slake what is considered a bizarre thirst for learning. |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2011-03-03 |
