A grain of wheat /
Ngwa Thiong'o ; introduction by Abdulrazak Gurnah.
- New York : Penguin Books, 2012.
- xvi, 242 p. ; 20 cm.
- Penguin classics. .
- Penguin classics. .
'Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency. At the center of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. As we learn of the villagers' tangled histories in a narrative interwoven with myth and peppered with allusions to real-life leaders, including Jomo Kenyatta, a masterly story unfolds in which compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed, and loves are tested.'--Publisher.