{"product_id":"birth-of-a-dream-weaver-a-writers-awakening-9781620976302","title":"Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer's Awakening","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the world's greatest writers, the story of how the author found his voice as a novelist at Makerere University in Uganda as a student \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this acclaimed memoir, Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o recounts the four years he spent at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda--crucial years during which he found his voice as a journalist, short story writer, playwright, and novelist just as colonial empires were crumbling and new nations were being born--under the shadow of the rivalries, intrigues, and assassinations of the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHaunted by the memories of the carnage and mass incarceration carried out by the British colonial-settler state in his native Kenya but inspired by the titanic struggle against it, Ngũgĩ, then known as James Ngugi, begins to weave stories from the fibers of memory, history, and a shockingly vibrant and turbulent present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat unfolds in this moving and thought-provoking memoir is simultaneously the birth of one of the most important living writers--lauded for his epic imagination (\u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e)--the death of one of the most violent episodes in global history, and the emergence of new histories and nations with uncertain futures.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-1825291\"\u003eNgugi Wa Thiong'o\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620976302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1620976307\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS001020\"\u003eAfrica | East\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL053000\"\u003eWorld | African\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the leading writers and scholars at work today, \u003cstrong\u003eNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Limuru, Kenya, in 1938. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eA Grain of Wheat\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eWeep Not, Child\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003ePetals of Blood\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as \u003cem\u003eBirth of a Dream Weaver\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWrestling with the Devil\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMinutes of Glory\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Perfect Nine\u003c\/em\u003e (all from The New Press). Currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature and the director of the International Center for Writing and Translation at the University of California, Irvine, Ngũgĩ is the recipient of twelve honorary doctorates, among other awards, and has been nominated for the Man Booker International Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42681242583277,"sku":"9781620976302","price":24.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_a74a99f3-894b-4fa9-9537-7133b65e58de.jpg?v=1649705570","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/birth-of-a-dream-weaver-a-writers-awakening-9781620976302","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}