Birth of a dream weaver : a writer's awakening

Autori

• wa Thiongʼo Ngu gi

Serie

• 3 di 4 - Memorie

Parametri

• 256 pagine
• 9 ore di lettura

• Autobiografie e memorie
• Biografie e pensieri
• Letteratura africana
• Saggistica
• Scrittura

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A thought-provoking and moving memoir, it chronicles the life of one of the greatest writers of our time. `Exquisite in its honesty and truth and resilience, and a necessary chronicle from one of the greatest writers of our time' Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieSelected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the GuardianWhen Ngugi wa Thiong'o arrives at the prestigious Makerere University, it embodies all the potential and excitement of the early 1960s. Campus is a haven of opportunity for the brightest African students, a meeting place for thinkers and writers from all over the world, and its alumni are filling Africa's emerging political and cultural positions. Despite the challenges he faces as a young black man in a British colony, it is here that Ngugi begins to find his voice as a playwright, journalist and novelist, writing his first, pivotal works just as the countries of East Africa enter the final stages of their independence struggles

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2016