Weep Not, ChildThe Nobel Prize–nominated Kenyan writer’s powerful first novel Two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, stand on a garbage heap and look into their futures: Njoroge is to attend school, while Kamau will train to be a carpenter. But this is Kenya, and the times are against them: In the forests, the Mau Mau is waging war against the white government, and the two brothers and their family need to decide where their loyalties lie. For the practical Kamau, the choice is simple, but for Njoroge the scholar, the dream of progress through learning is a hard one to give up. The first East African novel published in English, Weep Not, Child explores the effects of the infamous Mau Mau uprising on the lives of ordinary men and women, and on one family in particular. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |
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... Jomo Kenyatta who is the black Moses of the novel is the very same who in 1977 committed Ngũgĩ to a year's imprisonment and solitary confinement . As such , Weep Not , Child should be read alongside Richard Wright's Black Boy , James ...
... Jomo Kenyatta who is the black Moses of the novel is the very same who in 1977 committed Ngũgĩ to a year's imprisonment and solitary confinement . As such , Weep Not , Child should be read alongside Richard Wright's Black Boy , James ...
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