Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Vroman's introduces the brand-new Penguin African Writers Series, launching with the two best-known novels by the great Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o! First published in 1964, Weep Not, Child is a moving novel about the effects of the infamous Mau Mau uprising on the lives of ordinary men and women, and on one family in particular. Three years later, A grain of wheat was published, which portrays several characters in a village whose intertwined lives are transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency in Kenya.

Location: Street: 695 E. Colorado Blvd City: Pasadena, Province: California Postal Code: 91101 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Ngugi wa Thiong'o reads from Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir.

Ngugi wa Thiong'o, the world-renowned Kenyan writer, will read and discuss his book Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir.Ngugi Wa Thiong'o is respected and beloved around the world for his path-breaking novels and plays that paint an unsparing picture of life in neo-colonial Kenya. He has broken new ground in bringing the oppressed onto the literary scene, and his outspoken resistance to imperialist culture is also reflected in his innovative theoretical work on post-colonial literature. He has been imprisoned more than once in Kenya for his works. In the late '70s he began writing novels in Gikuyu, his mother tongue. The first of these, Devil on the Cross, was written in prison on toilet paper.Ngugi now lives in exile in the U.S. Formerly a professor at NYU, he is currently a Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine. His books have been translated into more than thirty languages. For more on Ngugi, go to http://www.ngugiwathiongo.com/ (RevolutionBooks)… (more)

NGŨGĨ WA THIONG'O reads from Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir.

A special benefit evening for Revolution Books with this world-renowned writer. The Kenyan writer in a rare NYC appearance, will read and discuss his new book Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir. Ngũgĩ’s remarkable novels and plays paint a harsh and unsparing picture of life in neo-colonial Kenya. For these works and his outspoken resistance to imperialism, including his theoretical work on post-colonial literature, he has been imprisoned more than once. Devil on the Cross, the first of his novels composed in Gikuyu, his mother tongue, was written in prison on toilet paper. A Benefit evening for Revolution Books. Admission: $15, Students with ID: $5, Benefit tickets: $50 (includes copy of Ngũgĩ’s memoir) (NY-Yipz)… (more)

Jim Newton; Scott Simon; Ngugi Wa Thiong'o; Douglas Brinkley; Mark Doty; Dava Sobel; Francesca Lia Block; Ulin, David L.; Woods, Paula; Salter Reynolds, Susan

Please plan to join us at UCLA in April 2008 for the 28th annual presentation of the Los Angeles Times Book Prizes. We'll carry forward a proud tradition that has honored A. Scott Berg, Ray Bradbury, Robert Caro, Joan Didion, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Gabriel García Márquez, Allen Ginsberg, Mark Haddon, Anthony Hecht, Seymour Hersh, Tony Hillerman, Christopher Isherwood, Ken Kesey, Milan Kundera, Ursula Le Guin, Doris Lessing, Robert Littell, Frank McCourt, David McCullough, Ian McEwan, Larry McMurtry, Tillie Olsen, Walker Percy, Ishmael Reed, Carl Sagan and W.G. Sebald, among many other authors. (claytonhowl)… (more)