Dreams in a Time of War by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Dreams in a Time of War

Memoirs #1

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

272 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction biography history memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Description

By the world-renowned novelist, playwright, critic, and author of Wizard of the Crow, an evocative and affecting memoir of childhood. Ngugi wa Thiong’o was born in 1938 in rural Kenya to a father whose four wives bore him more than a score of chil...

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Moods

informative 75%
reflective 75%
emotional 66%
inspiring 41%
hopeful 33%
adventurous 16%
challenging 16%
sad 16%
tense 16%
dark 8%
funny 8%

Pace

slow 58%
medium 33%
fast 8%

Average rating

3.84

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