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- Author: Charles Mangua
- Publisher: East African Educ. Publ.
- Year: 1990
- Pages: 160
- ISBN-10: 9966465529
- ISBN-13: 9789966465528
- Format: 12.7 x 20.3 x 0.9 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English
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An instant success and bestseller in Kenya, which ran into 6 reprints, this prize-winning novel marked the beginning of popular literature in Kenya. Mangua's novel is a fictional, autobiographical account of the son of a prostitute. The male narrator describes his life as the orphan of a prostitute in the slums of Nairobi, a young man frequenting bars and brothels, a student, corrupt civil servant and seasonal convict. His is a humorous and cynical account revealing much about the unsavoury aspects of a world experiencing rapid social change. Charles Mangua is a prolific writer of popular literature, and author of three other novels, Son of Woman in Mombasa (the sequel to Son of Woman), A Tail in the Mouth, and Kanina and I.
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- Author: Charles Mangua
- Publisher: East African Educ. Publ.
- Year: 1990
- Pages: 160
- ISBN-10: 9966465529
- ISBN-13: 9789966465528
- Format: 12.7 x 20.3 x 0.9 cm, minkšti viršeliai
- Language: English English
An instant success and bestseller in Kenya, which ran into 6 reprints, this prize-winning novel marked the beginning of popular literature in Kenya. Mangua's novel is a fictional, autobiographical account of the son of a prostitute. The male narrator describes his life as the orphan of a prostitute in the slums of Nairobi, a young man frequenting bars and brothels, a student, corrupt civil servant and seasonal convict. His is a humorous and cynical account revealing much about the unsavoury aspects of a world experiencing rapid social change. Charles Mangua is a prolific writer of popular literature, and author of three other novels, Son of Woman in Mombasa (the sequel to Son of Woman), A Tail in the Mouth, and Kanina and I.
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