Weep Not, Child (African Writers)
Registered by Goddess-Of-Fire of Springfield, Missouri USA on 2/4/2008
This book is in a Controlled Release!
1 journaler for this copy...
From the back:
"Two small boys stand on a rubbish heap and look into the future. One boy is excited, he is beginning school; the other, his brother, is an apprentice carpenter. Together, they will serve their country-- the teacher and the craftsman.
But this is Kenya and times are against them. In the forests, the Mau Mau are waging war against the white government, and the two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, and the rest of their family, need to decide where their loyalties lie. For the practical man, the choice is simple, but for Njoroge, the scholar, the dream of progress through learning is a hard one to give up."
I read this book for my ENG: Non-European Literature class.
I thought this was pretty interesting and though I didn't care much for the last part of the book, I thought that the ending redeemed it.
"Two small boys stand on a rubbish heap and look into the future. One boy is excited, he is beginning school; the other, his brother, is an apprentice carpenter. Together, they will serve their country-- the teacher and the craftsman.
But this is Kenya and times are against them. In the forests, the Mau Mau are waging war against the white government, and the two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, and the rest of their family, need to decide where their loyalties lie. For the practical man, the choice is simple, but for Njoroge, the scholar, the dream of progress through learning is a hard one to give up."
I read this book for my ENG: Non-European Literature class.
I thought this was pretty interesting and though I didn't care much for the last part of the book, I thought that the ending redeemed it.
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I gave this book to my friend Liz.
I gave this book to my friend Liz.