Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: thiong o ngugi

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  • DECOLONIZING LANGUAGE AND OTHER REVOLUTIONARY IDEAS
    NGŨGĨ WA THIONG'O
    A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book Brilliant thoughts on modern African literature and postcolonial literary criticism from one of the giants of contemporary letters “One of the greatest writers of our time.” —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, bestselling author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was a towering figure in African literature, and his novels A Grain of Wheat; Weep Not, Child; and Petals...

    $461.00

  • THE PERFECT NINE
    NGŨGĨ WA THIONG'O
    A dazzling, genre-defying novel in verse from the author Delia Owens says “tackles the absurdities, injustices, and corruption of a continent” Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s novels and memoirs have received glowing praise from the likes of President Barack Obama, the New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, and NPR; he has been a finalist for the Man International Booker ...

    $426.00

  • MINUTES OF GLORY
    NGŨGĨ WA THIONG'O
    A dazzling short story collection from the person Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie calls "one of the greatest writers of our time" Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, although renowned for his novels, memoirs, and plays, honed his craft as a short story writer. From "The Fig Tree, " written in 1960, his first year as an undergraduate at Makerere University College in Uganda, to the playful "The Ghost o...

    $444.00

  • WRESTLING WITH THE DEVIL
    NGUGI WA THIONG'O
    A New York Times Editors’ Choice "A welcome addition to the vast literature produced by jailed writers across the centuries . . . [a] thrilling testament to the human spirit." —Ariel Dorfman, The New York Times Book Review "Wrestling with the Devil is a powerful testament to the courage of Ngũgĩ and his fellow prisoners and validation of the hope that an independent Kenya would...

    $461.00

  • BIRTH OF A DREAM WEAVER
    NGUGI WA THIONG'O
    One of Oprah.com's "17 Must-Read Books for the New Year" and O Magazine's "10 Titles to Pick up Now." “Exquisite in its honesty and truth and resilience, and a necessary chronicle from one of the greatest writers of our time. ” —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, The Guardian, Best Books of 2016. “Every page ripples with a contagious faith in education and in the power of literature to ...

    $302.00

  • BLACK LINGUISTICS
    ARNETHA BALL / SINFREE MAKONI / GENEVA SMITHERMAN / ARTHUR K. SPEARS / FOREWORD BY NGUGI WA THIONG'O
    Enslavement, forced migration, war and colonization have led to the global dispersal of Black communities and to the fragmentation of common experiences.The majority of Black language researchers explore the social and linguistic phenomena of individual Black communities, without looking at Black experiences outside a given community. This groundbreaking collection re-orders th...

    $1,160.00

  • NAIROBI NOIR
    NGUGI WA THIONG'O / MAKENA ONJERIKA / RASNA WARAH / STANLEY GAZEMBA / KINYANJUI KOMBANI
    In this anthology, fourteen authors explore dark mysteries in the concrete jungle capital of Kenya, dealing with topics of race, religion, and corruption. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respectiv...

    $251.00

  • NO LLORES, PEQUEÑO
    THIONG´O NGUGI
    Ambientada en la Kenia colonial durante el periodo de la Rebelión del Mau Mau, No llores, pequeño retrata la desigualdad que sufren los desposeídos africanos y enfatiza las consecuencias de la lucha contra el dominio blanco.Dos hermanos, Njoroge y Kamau, sentados sobre un montón de basura, reflexionan sobre su futuro: Njoroge irá a la escuela, mientras que Kamau se formará como...
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    $269.00