{"product_id":"birth-of-a-dream-weaver-a-writers-awakening-9781620972403","title":"Birth of a Dream Weaver: A Writer's Awakening","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eOprah.com\u003c\/i\u003e's \"17 Must-Read Books for the New Year\" and \u003ci\u003eO\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine's \"10 Titles to Pick up Now.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Exquisite in its honesty and truth and resilience, and a necessary chronicle from one of the greatest writers of our time. \"\u003cbr\u003e--Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, Best Books of 2016.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Every page ripples with a contagious faith in education and in the power of literature to shape the imagination and scour the conscience.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBirth of a Dream Weaver\u003c\/em\u003e charts the very beginnings of a writer's creative output. In this wonderful memoir, Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o recounts the four years he spent at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda--threshold 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\u003e What 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\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/04\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781620972403\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.60w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/27\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2016 pg. 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2016 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ngugi Wa Thiong'o","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45483911807157,"sku":"9781620972403","price":22.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0fd03386-bb09-4a10-8dfc-0a4c0a27b4ee.jpg?v=1749565786","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/birth-of-a-dream-weaver-a-writers-awakening-9781620972403","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}