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In the House of the Interpreter

Ngugi wa Thiong’o

"From the world-renowned Kenyan novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic, the second volume of his memoirs, spanning 1955-1959, the author's high school years during the tumultuous Mau Mau Uprising. In the House of the Interpreter evokes a haunting childhood at the end of British colonial rule in Africa, and the formative experiences of a political dissident"--

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary -> Memoir & AutobiographyIntellectual BiographyMemoir & Personal History

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Critics Circle Award for Memoir and AutobiographyMajor2012FinalistSecondary source
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