{"product_id":"one-day-i-will-write-about-this-place-a-memoir-9781555975913","title":"One Day I Will Write about This Place: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Top Ten Book of the Year*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBinyavanga Wainaina tumbled through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. This world came to him as a chaos of loud and colorful sounds: the hair dryers at his mother's beauty parlor, black mamba bicycle bells, mechanics in Nairobi, the music of Michael Jackson--all punctuated by the infectious laughter of his brother and sister, Jimmy and Ciru. He could fall in with their patterns, but it would take him a while to carve out his own. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this vivid and compelling debut memoir, Wainaina takes us through his school days, his mother's religious period, his failed attempt to study in South Africa as a computer programmer, a moving family reunion in Uganda, and his travels around Kenya. The landscape in front of him always claims his main attention, but he also evokes the shifting political scene that unsettles his views on family, tribe, and nationhood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout, reading is his refuge and his solace. And when, in 2002, a writing prize comes through, the door is opened for him to pursue the career that perhaps had been beckoning all along. A series of fascinating international reporting assignments follow. Finally he circles back to a Kenya in the throes of postelection violence and finds he is not the only one questioning the old certainties. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResolutely avoiding stereotype and clich , Wainaina paints every scene in \u003ci\u003eOne Day I Will Write About This Place \u003c\/i\u003ewith a highly distinctive and hugely memorable brush.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555975913\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.27h x 6.38w x 0.99d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Hurston\/Wright LEGACY Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2011 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2011 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/09\/2011 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/14\/2011 pg. 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/21\/2011 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/22\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/07\/2011 pg. 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/04\/2011 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Binyavanga Wainaina","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084172492981,"sku":"9781555975913","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4f632d33-e3e7-4cfa-a28b-c65c97c21560.jpg?v=1692112001","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/one-day-i-will-write-about-this-place-a-memoir-9781555975913","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}