A Grain of Wheat

This is not an easy book. It's awful and unsettling in so many ways. I think that for me, the book is not about Uhuru/Kenyan independence, or even the fight for it. For me, the book is mostly about the horrific effects of colonialism on the people, not just the Africans, but mostly the Africans, but......more

Geç kalmış bir kitapla karşı karşıyayız ve bu gecikme elbette Afrika’nın, kitap özelinde Kenya’nın geç uluslaşması ile doğru orantılı. Yazar da bu geç kalmışlığın farkında ama kader olan coğrafyadan kurtuluş yok. Bir Buğday Tanesi, tarihsel olarak Kenya ulusal kurtuluş mücadelesinin en hararetli ve n......more

A Grain of Wheat centres a political narrative about the struggle for independence and liberation in Kenya; about rebellion against British imperialism, and on this level it is searing, laying bare the injustice from the point of view of a richly varied cast of rural Kenyan people. Ngugi draws on Co......more

Maybe 4.5, maybe 5 - I need to ponder more. This was a fascinating and really powerful read with some fantastic characters and moment. I'd highly recommend it.......more

So good!💘 Still thinking about this incredible book days later. Masterful writing, crisp and beautiful. I first read this years ago in high school, and I remember loving it so much, but there’s so much I missed I reckon now. So much that’s in between the lines, the naming of the characters, the empa......more