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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Alfred a Knopf Inc
Publication date
January 28, 2014
Pages
369
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780307961204
ISBN-10
0307961206
Dimensions
1.50 by 6.50 by 9.75 in.
Weight
1.45 lbs.
Availability§
Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$25.95
Subjects
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: From a breathtaking new voice, a novel about a splintered family in Kenyaâa story of power and deceit, unrequited love, survival and sacrifice.
Odidi Oganda, running for his life, is gunned down in the streets of Nairobi. His grief-stricken sister, Ajany, just returned from Brazil, and their father bring his body back to their crumbling home in the Kenyan drylands, seeking some comfort and peace. But the murder has stirred memories long left untouched and unleashed a series of unexpected events: Odidi and Ajanyâs mercurial mother flees in a fit of rage; a young Englishman arrives at the Ogandasâ house, seeking his missing father; a hardened policeman who has borne witness to unspeakable acts reopens a cold case; and an all-seeing Trader with a murky identity plots an overdue revenge. In scenes stretching from the violent upheaval of contemporary Kenya back through a shocking political assassination in 1969 and the Mau Mau uprisings against British colonial rule in the 1950s, we come to learn the secrets held by this parched landscape, buried deep within the shared past of the family and of a conflicted nation.
Here is a spellbinding novel about a brother and sister who have lost their way; about how myths come to pass, history is written, and war stains us forever.
Odidi Oganda, running for his life, is gunned down in the streets of Nairobi. His grief-stricken sister, Ajany, just returned from Brazil, and their father bring his body back to their crumbling home in the Kenyan drylands, seeking some comfort and peace. But the murder has stirred memories long left untouched and unleashed a series of unexpected events: Odidi and Ajanyâs mercurial mother flees in a fit of rage; a young Englishman arrives at the Ogandasâ house, seeking his missing father; a hardened policeman who has borne witness to unspeakable acts reopens a cold case; and an all-seeing Trader with a murky identity plots an overdue revenge. In scenes stretching from the violent upheaval of contemporary Kenya back through a shocking political assassination in 1969 and the Mau Mau uprisings against British colonial rule in the 1950s, we come to learn the secrets held by this parched landscape, buried deep within the shared past of the family and of a conflicted nation.
Here is a spellbinding novel about a brother and sister who have lost their way; about how myths come to pass, history is written, and war stains us forever.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
from Alfred a Knopf Inc (January 28, 2014)
9780307961204 | details & prices | 369 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $25.95
About: From a breathtaking new voice, a novel about a splintered family in Kenyaâa story of power and deceit, unrequited love, survival and sacrifice.
About: From a breathtaking new voice, a novel about a splintered family in Kenyaâa story of power and deceit, unrequited love, survival and sacrifice.
Paperback
from Vintage Books (October 7, 2014)
9780345802545 | details & prices | 369 pages | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $16.95
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