One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir
"A Kenyan Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man . . . suffused by a love affair with language."—Publishers Weekly, Top Ten Books of 2011
In this vivid and compelling memoir, Binyavanga Wainaina tumbles through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. In One Day I Will Write About This Place, named a 2011 New York Times notable book, Wainaina brilliantly evokes family, tribe, and nationhood in joyous, ecstatic language.
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In this vivid and compelling memoir, Binyavanga Wainaina tumbles through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. In One Day I Will Write About This Place, named a 2011 New York Times notable book, Wainaina brilliantly evokes family, tribe, and nationhood in joyous, ecstatic language.
One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir
"A Kenyan Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man . . . suffused by a love affair with language."—Publishers Weekly, Top Ten Books of 2011
In this vivid and compelling memoir, Binyavanga Wainaina tumbles through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. In One Day I Will Write About This Place, named a 2011 New York Times notable book, Wainaina brilliantly evokes family, tribe, and nationhood in joyous, ecstatic language.
In this vivid and compelling memoir, Binyavanga Wainaina tumbles through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. In One Day I Will Write About This Place, named a 2011 New York Times notable book, Wainaina brilliantly evokes family, tribe, and nationhood in joyous, ecstatic language.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781555976248 |
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Publisher: | Graywolf Press |
Publication date: | 09/04/2012 |
Pages: | 272 |
Sales rank: | 675,928 |
Product dimensions: | 8.10(w) x 5.40(h) x 0.70(d) |
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