In the house of the interpreter : a memoir /
From the world-renowned Kenyan novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic, the second volume of his memoirs, spanning 1955-1959, the author's high school years during the tumultuous Mau Mau Uprising. In the House of the Interpreter evokes a haunting childhood at the end of British colonial...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Pantheon Books,
[2012]
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| Summary: | From the world-renowned Kenyan novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic, the second volume of his memoirs, spanning 1955-1959, the author's high school years during the tumultuous Mau Mau Uprising. In the House of the Interpreter evokes a haunting childhood at the end of British colonial rule in Africa, and the formative experiences of a political dissident. |
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| Physical Description: | 240 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780307907691 (hardback) 0307907694 (hardback) |