In the House of the Interpreter A Memoir

Name: In the House of the Interpreter A Memoir
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ISBN: 9781101910511

ISBN-10: 1101910518

ISBN-13: 9781101910511

Edition: 2015

Authors: Ngugi wa Thiong'o

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With black-and-white illustrations throughoutWorld-renowned Kenyan novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ng~ug~ý wa Thiong'o gives us the second volume of his memoirs in the wake of his critically acclaimed Dreams in a Time of War. In the House of the Interpreter richly and poignantly evokes the author's life and times at boarding school--the first secondary educational institution in British-ruled Kenya--in the 1950s, against the backdrop of the tumultuous Mau Mau Uprising for independence and Kenyan sovereignty. While Ng~ug~ý has been enjoying scouting trips, chess tournaments, and reading about the fictional RAF pilot adventurer Biggles at the prestigious Alliance High School…

Book details

List price: $27.99
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 5/12/2015
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.23" wide x 7.93" long x 0.66" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English