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In the House of the Interpreter : : a Memoir

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, 1938- Book - 2012 967.62 Ng None on shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3 out of 5

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"From the world-renowned Kenyan novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic, the second volume of his memoirs, spanning 1955-1959, the author's high school years during the tumultuous Mau Mau Uprising. In the House of the Interpreter evokes a haunting childhood at the end of British colonial rule in Africa, and the formative experiences of a political dissident"-- Provided by publisher.

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PUBLISHED
New York : Pantheon Books, c2012.
Year Published: 2012
Description: 240 p. : map ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307907691
0307907694

SUBJECTS
Ngugi wa Thiong'o, -- 1938-
Authors, Kenyan -- 20th century -- Biography.
Revolutionaries -- Kenya -- Biography.