Dreams in a Time of War

Dreams in a Time of WarBy: Ngugi wa Thiong'o Man Booker International Prize Finalist By the world renowned novelist, playwright, critic, and author of Wizard of the Crow, an evocative and affecting memoir of childhood. A testament to the resilience of youth and the strength of hope."The Boston Globe Born in 1938 in rural Kenya, Ngg wa Thiongo came of age in the shadow of World War II, amidst the terrible bloodshed in the war between the Mau Mau and the British. The son of a

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