The perfect nine : the epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi / Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o ; translated from the Gĩkũyũ original by the author.
In this reimagining of an old Gĩkũyũ fable, the founding of the Gĩkũyũ people of Kenya is retold from a feminist perspective. It chronicles the adventures of the daughters of the Gĩkũyũ founders, ten demigoddesses known as The Perfect Nine, as they lead ninety-nine suitors on a quest to win their hands in marriage. -- adapted from jacket
Record details
- ISBN: 9781620975251 (hardback)
- ISBN: 1620975254 (hardback)
- Physical Description: x, 227 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
- Publisher: New York : The New Press, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
General Note: | "Originally published in Kenya as Kenda Mũiyũru by East African Educational Publishers Ltd, in 2018."--Title page verso. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue -- Supplication for Power to the Tongue -- The Perfect Nine -- The Wind and the Ostrich -- Feast Song and Dance -- Gīkūyū and Mūmbi -- Trials, Falls, and Triumphs -- Mission to the Mountain of the Moon -- The Journey -- The Ogre and the Cure-All Hair -- The Ogre of Endless Darkness -- The Ogre That Fumed Fire and Fury -- The Ogre That Shat Without Stopping -- The Ogres with Bags That Never Filled Up -- The Hyena and the Vulture -- Ogres in White Masks -- The Hair That Cures All Illnesses -- Betrothal -- Adoption and Clan Names -- The First Marriage -- Warigia -- Warigia and the Lion -- Cementing Relations Between In-Laws -- Epilogue: The Will of Gīkūyū and Mūmbi. |
Awards Note: | Man Booker International Prize, Long List, 2021 |
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Subject: | Kikuyu (African people) > Social life and customs > Fiction. Novels in verse. |
Genre: | Novels in verse. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Erlanger Branch | NGUGI (Text) | 33126024948840 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 04/20/2024 |