Petals of Blood - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, D. Thiongo • BookLikes (ISBN:0525041956)

Petals of Blood - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, D. Thiongo

Petals of Blood

by: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (author) D. Thiongo (author)

Format: paperback

ISBN: 0525041956

Publish date: September 1st 1978

Publisher: Dutton

Pages no: 345

Edition language: English

Category:

Classics, Literature, Cultural, Africa, African Literature, Kenya

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I dragged my feet with this book for a long time. The character sketches were phenomenal, but something about the style kept me at a distance and it was a great effort to keep turning pages. Even being laid up during the covid-19 lockdown didn't help. Have to mark as 'abandoned'.

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1977. This sounds heartwarming.

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This is the first book I have read by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, and I was swept away by it. Written in 1977, Petals of Blood recreates many of the tensions in Kenya at the time. Although the book is anchored by investigation into the murder of three highly placed Kenyan officials, it is at heart a sweeping...

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