IN THE HOUSE of the INTERPRETER a memoir

Description: Renowned novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ngugi wa Thiong'o was a student at a prestigious, British-run boarding school near Nairobi when the tumultuous Mau Mau Uprising for independence and Kenyan sovereignty gripped his country. While he enjoyed scouting trips and chess tournaments, his family home was razed to the ground and his brother, a member of the insurgency, was captured by the British and taken to a concentration camp. But Ngugi could not escape history, and eventually found himself jailed after a run in with the forces of colonialism. Ngugi richly and poignantly evokes the experiences that would transform him into a world-class writer and, as a political dissident, a moral compass to us all. A winning celebration of the implacable determination of youth and the power of hope, here is a searing account of the history of a man--and the story of a nation.

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Book Title: In the House of the Interpreter : a Memoir

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Item Length: 7.9 in

Publication Year: 2015

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Illustrator: Yes

Item Height: 0.7 in

Author: Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

Genre: Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography, History

Topic: Personal Memoirs, Revolutionary, Literary, African, Africa / East

Item Weight: 2 lbs

Item Width: 5.2 in

Number of Pages: 240 Pages