Opening book details…
Can I read The Perfect Nine on EtoBox?
The Perfect Nine by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Perfect Nine about?
A dazzling, genre-defying novel in verse from the author Delia Owens says "tackles the absurdities, injustices, and corruption of a continent" Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's novels and memoirs have received glowing praise from the likes of President Barack Obama, the New Yorker, the New York Times Book Review, The Guardian, and NPR; he has been a finalist for the Man International Booker Prize and is annually tipped to win the Nobel Prize for Literature; and his books have sold tens of thousands of copies around the world.In his first attempt at the epic form, Ngũgĩ tells the story of the founding of the Gĩkũyũ people of Kenya, from a strongly feminist perspective. A verse narrative, blending folklore, mythology, adventure, and allegory, The Perfect Nine chronicles the efforts the Gĩkũyũ founders make to find partners for their ten beautiful daughters—called "The Perfect Nine" —and the challenges they set for the...
Who reads The Perfect Nine?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- Publisher
- The New Press
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Myths & Folklore
More by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Browse all works by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Similar books
- The perfect nine : the epic of Gi⁺ёku⁺ёyu⁺ё and Mu⁺ёmbi — Ngu⁺ёgi⁺ё wa Thiong⁽ơo (2020)
- Nine Perfect Strangers — Liane Moriarty (2018)
- Wizard of the Crow — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong (2006)
- Sembilan Orang Asing (Nine Perfect Strangers) — Liane Moriarty (2020)
- Wrestling with the Devil : a Prison Memoir — Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo (2018)
- Devil on the cross : Penguin African Writers Series Series, Book 5 — wa Thiong'o, Ngugi; Serpell, Namwali; Achebe, Chinua (1980)