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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
I learned a lot, but this was not at all an enjoyable reading experience for me.
Tough to rate colonial African authors. I've read a thousand takes on the Mau Mau uprising that describe Kikuyu viciousness and brutality, but this is the only take that describes the fear and desperation of poor Kikuyu families in colonial Kenya. By extension, this is the only take that seems remotely honest.
More a revolutionary leaflet than a novel, in both length and tone. Then again, Thiong'o was jailed w/o trial for his work. The language veers jarringly between faithful rendition of native language and awkward British-isms / verbal anachronisms. Then again, this was written before he had decided to quit writing in English, his second language. And so on.
More a revolutionary leaflet than a novel, in both length and tone. Then again, Thiong'o was jailed w/o trial for his work. The language veers jarringly between faithful rendition of native language and awkward British-isms / verbal anachronisms. Then again, this was written before he had decided to quit writing in English, his second language. And so on.
A slim book set in Central Kenya during the struggle for independence. I thought it exquisite and devastating. Highly recommend.
I read it for school. Depressing, but not as depressing as it could have been.