{"product_id":"the-river-between-isbn-9780143107491","title":"The River Between","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 50th-anniversary edition of one of the most powerful novels by the great Kenyan author and Nobel Prize nominee\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A legendary work of African literature, this moving and eye-opening novel lucidly captures the drama of a people and culture whose world has been overturned. \u003ci\u003eThe River Between\u003c\/i\u003e explores life in the mountains of Kenya during the early days of white settlement. Faced with a choice between an alluring new religion and their own ancestral customs, the Gikuyu people are torn between those who fear the unknown and those who see beyond it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.“One of the greatest writers of our time.” —\u003cb\u003eChimamanda Ngozi Adichie, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“His novels . . . have been deservedly canonized by the iconic [Penguin Classics] series.” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beautifully compact . . . It takes its reader on a journey out of the colonial matrix and into the world of the real, showing us life reclaimed in all its complexity from the simplifying template of colonialism. . . . It has an undeniable power.” —\u003cb\u003eUzodinma Iweala, from the Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It has the rare qualities of restraint, intelligence and sensitivity.”\u003cb\u003e —\u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A sensitive novel about the Gikuyu in the melting pot that sometimes touches the grandeur of tap-root simplicity.”\u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003e—The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNgũgĩ wa Thiong’o\u003c\/b\u003e (1938–2025) was an award-winning novelist, playwright, and essayist from Kenya whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages. In addition to \u003ci\u003eThe River Between\u003c\/i\u003e, his novels \u003ci\u003eDevil on the Cross\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Grain of Wheat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePetals of Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWeep Not, Child \u003c\/i\u003eare available from Penguin Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUzodinma Iweala\u003c\/b\u003e (introduction) is the author of the award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eBeasts of No Nation\u003c\/i\u003e and is one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e’s Best Young American Novelists. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria, and New York City.","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305156563173,"sku":"NP9780143107491","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143107491.jpg?v=1767741257","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-river-between-isbn-9780143107491","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}