First edition of this collection by the acclaimed Kenyan author — thirteen stories from more than a decade of his career.
Near fine in very good jacket.
Price: $350.00
"My writing is really an attempt to understand myself and my situation in society and in history"
Ngugi wa Thiong'o describes SECRET LIVES as a "creative autobiography," with stories spanning from his early years as a student at Makere University to his return to Kenya after a period spent teaching at Northwestern University.
First printing. New York: Lawrence Hill and Company, (1975). 8'' x 5.25''. Original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine. In original, unclipped ($6.95) color pictorial jacket. 144 pages. Jacket with light edgwear and sunning, some rubbing. Book with trace edgwear, faint bump at head of spine, else clean.
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