| By | Peter Kimani |
| Published By | |
| ISBN | 9781846592096 |
| Fiction Genre | Historical |
| Publication Date | 03/05/2018 |
| Price | 8.99 |
Synopsis
Peter Kimani brings to life a colourful cast of characters in this mesmerising novel set in the shadow of Kenya’s independence from Britain.
Authors Biography
Peter Kimani is an award-winning Kenyan novelist and journalist. Kimani was one of three international poets to compose and present a poem for Barack Obama’s inauguration in January 2009. A prominent journalist on Kenya’s national news circuit, Kimani’s work has also appeared in the Guardian, New African and Sky News.
Reviews
‘This funny, perceptive and ambitious work of historical fiction by a Kenyan poet and novelist explores his country’s colonial past and its legacy.’ New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice
‘A rich tableau of layers and textures. The book has some brilliant moments of vivid and evocative writing.’
Huffington Post
‘Kimani illustrates the discordant history of East Indians in Kenya through a fabulously complicated set of intriguing characters and events … Highlighted by its exquisite voice, Kimani’s novel is a standout debut.’
Publishers’ Weekly
‘Lyrical and powerful … Kimani weaves together a bitter, hurtful past and hopeful present in this rich tale of Kenyan history and culture’
Kirkus
This is the one to understand the meaning.
“Some ancient sage counseled the wisdom of trust the tale, not the teller,” Kimani’s narrator advises. “But the invitation here,” he adds, “is neither trust the tale nor the teller.” In our pandemic of fake news, this is sensible advice; we today might better seek important truths from storytellers like Kimani than our too often compliant and compromised mass media.
Brought back the laise fare lifestyle of the 70s in Nairobi.. A good read.. Brings his characters easily to life!
Peter is an accomplished writer. Captivating his readers and taking them deep into the narrative. Engrossing. Enjoyable read.. Best in the dusk, by the fire, in bed!👌
Beautifully told. These stories about Kenya’s rich bitter-sweet past need to be told. Peter captures that in this text. Lest we forget!
Excellent literary work. Pen more, Peter.
Brilliant.
-It’s unique book.
– I learnt a lot about our country history which we did not learn back in our school age .
– best book ever 😘
– inspired me a lot.
For the history of Railway, Look no further.
Brother your are a winner
I do not know why it took me too long to read this book.
I’ve learnt so much. Inspiring and captivating.
Peter do not stop till you are the CEO of CNN….Yaani sky is the limit
This masterpiece I like. The narrative is such educative and enlightening. A must read.
Dance of the Jakaranda resonates with the mind that grew up on the erudite genius of African Writers Series. It deserves its own AWS number like the great books of yore. Peter Kimani is clever, very creative and immensely entertaining.
Prof, really great work. Captivating, intriguing and thrilling.
Keep it up Peter. God bless
All the best looking forward to getting my hands on this one🙏🏿
Nice read and innovative
All the best ndugu, keep uup tthe ggood work.
Arguably one of the best writers I have ever interacted with. More is yet to come from this sage.
Beautiful. Effortless. Flawless!
History told in the most amazing of ways. Beautifully captured in Kimanis book
It was a pleasure reading such a refreshing book where humour drips naturally from its pages like honey from from a hive.
What an amazing read this is. I have learnt so much about Kenya’s history documented in an interesting and witty manner. Kudos Dr. Kimani.
What a special way of telling Kenya’s history. Congrats Dr Kimani
I’m definitely looking forward to buying this book and reading it. Congratulations Dr Kimani.
All the best Mwalimu
Best
Great work and congrats for well done book. Kudos.
The book paints the picture of pre independent Kenya and how the railway line contributed towards the growth of towns like Nakuru and Mombasa.
Good literary work. Keep up the good work.
Perfect
Very creative entertaining and exciting all season stories keep it up.
Quite artistic
A talented writer
A beautiful story of our rich history as a country told by one of our own in a beautiful way.
Kimani, when is the next one coming out?
Great writer, great novel!
Excellent book. Witty. Poetic and filled with humor. Loving every moment!
Truly the best story of our time congratulations Dr Peter Kimani.
What a great piece of art.
Great interplay between Myth and Fact in telling a story that weaves through the intricate web of race relations that define Kenya’s history.
Quite an interesting story Peter Kimani.
Great piece of work, and hilarious too!
Reminds me of my childhood reading books by Kikuyu writers describing the landscape and picturesque views of their ancestral land and the invasion of the colonialists. I broke my teeth with treatises by Ngungi wa Thiong’o ,Meja Mwangi , Wahome Mutahi, Micere Mugo etc. So when I held this one all those memories and experiences flashed back. Beautiful written
Great story telling, funny, engaging, brilliant, smart! This book reminds of the iconic novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude.
A beautifully woven page-turner.
What a fantastic and informative train ride of a book!
gives one a deep thirst to know more about their people’s history… so vivid…so poetic…so painful… so disturbing…so worth the read!
I totally loved this book!
Great readibg.
A great book
A great book. It ranks up there with the best.
All the best.
Such a great book capturing the legacy of colonialism which is still visible today in our society. A great contribution to African literature. Looking forward to reading Kimani’s voice in his subsequent books! Lovely and poetic. Love the book and highly recommend it.
The stories evoked a hunger in me for a lot of things…good things.
The stories are just funny, real, sad, and illuminating.
I enjoyed this journey,
Thank you Peter Kimani.
Awesome.
I vote for peter.
Best book ever
He is such captivating, gifted story teller!
Simplicity is achieved by a master of crafts.
Go! Go! Go!
You have my vote!
Interesting read
You have my vote Kimani.
👍🏿My vote
A necessary read, examining the role of an overlooked community in the fight against colonialism, and exploring issues that we are still grappling with decades later. But most important of all, a good story and easy read. Anxiously awaiting his next book!
This is a sure winner.
Beautiful piece of writing.
It’s a beautiful piece of writing.
Wonderful book
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