Penguin African Writers
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Devil on the Cross
$17.00PaperbackRead moreThe great Kenyan writer and Nobel Prize nominee’s novel that he wrote in secret, on toilet paper, while in prison–featuring an introduction by Namwali Serpell, the author of the novel The Old Drift
On… [more below]- Series: Penguin African Writers #5
- Author: Wa Thiong’o, Ngugi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 11 2017
- ISBN10: 0143107364
- Language: English
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The River Between
$16.00PaperbackAdd to cartA 50th-anniversary edition of one of the most powerful novels by the great Kenyan author and Nobel Prize nominee
A legendary work of African literature, this moving and eye-opening novel lucidly capt- Series: Penguin African Writers #4
- Author: Wa Thiong’o, Ngugi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 28 2015
- ISBN10: 0143107496
- Language: English
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Weep Not, Child
$17.00PaperbackRead moreThe Nobel Prize-nominated Kenyan writer’s powerful first novel
Two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, stand on a garbage heap and look into their futures: Njoroge is to attend school, while Kamau will train- Series: Penguin African Writers #3
- Author: Wa Thiong’o, Ngugi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: June 05 2012
- ISBN10: 0143106694
- Language: English
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Petals of Blood
$17.00PaperbackRead more“The definitive African book of the twentieth century“ (Moses Isegawa, from the Introduction) by the Nobel Prize-nominated Kenyan writer
The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-own- Series: Penguin African Writers #1
- Author: Wa Thiong’o, Ngugi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 22 2005
- ISBN10: 0143039172
- Language: English
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A Grain of Wheat
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cartBarack Obama, via Facebook “A compelling story of how the transformative events of history weigh on individual lives and relationships.”
The Nobel Prize-nominated Kenyan writer‘s best-known novel, fea- Series: Penguin African Writers #2
- Author: Wa Thiong’o, Ngugi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 05 2012
- ISBN10: 0143106767
- Language: English


