Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 5,150 ratings
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A powerful novel by the great Kenyan author and Nobel Prize contender—the latest in the Penguin African Writers Series A legendary work of African literature, this moving and eye-opening novel lucidly captures the drama of a people and culture whose world has been overturned. The River Between explores life in the mountains of Kenya during the early days of white settlement. Faced with a choice between an alluring new religion and their own ancestral customs, the Gikuyu people are torn between those who fear the unknown and those who see beyond it.
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FictionAfricaKenyaClassicsAfrican LiteratureHistorical FictionLiteratureNovels20th CenturyReligion
172 Pages