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The Broken Word: An Epic Poem of the British Empire in Kenya, and the Mau Mau Uprising Against It Paperback - 2011
by Adam Foulds
With a voice that is at once fierce and lyrical, Foulds tells the story of the Mau Mau uprising against British colonial rule in 1950s Kenya.
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The stunning debut from "one of the best British writers to emerge in the past decade." (Julian Barnes)
With a voice that is at once fierce and lyrical, Adam Foulds tells the story of the Mau Mau uprising against British colonial rule in 1950s Kenya. Tom, a young man who has returned to his family's farm, rapidly becomes caught up in the intensifying events of violence and brutality in a conflict Foulds illustrates as both utterly contemporary and yet deeply burdened by the history of race and empire in this region. The Broken Word was the recipient of the Costa (Whitbread) Poetry Award, and Foulds's The Quickening Maze was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize.
With a voice that is at once fierce and lyrical, Adam Foulds tells the story of the Mau Mau uprising against British colonial rule in 1950s Kenya. Tom, a young man who has returned to his family's farm, rapidly becomes caught up in the intensifying events of violence and brutality in a conflict Foulds illustrates as both utterly contemporary and yet deeply burdened by the history of race and empire in this region. The Broken Word was the recipient of the Costa (Whitbread) Poetry Award, and Foulds's The Quickening Maze was a finalist for the Man Booker Prize.
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- Title The Broken Word: An Epic Poem of the British Empire in Kenya, and the Mau Mau Uprising Against It
- Author Adam Foulds
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st
- Pages 80
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 2011-03-29
- ISBN 9780143118091 / 0143118099
- Weight 0.2 lbs (0.09 kg)
- Dimensions 7.5 x 5 x 0.4 in (19.05 x 12.70 x 1.02 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Kenya - History - Mau Mau Emergency,, Mau Mau
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012462029
- Dewey Decimal Code 821.92
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Citations
- Booklist, 03/01/2011, Page 14
- Library Journal, 04/15/2011, Page 97
- LJ Best Books of Year, 12/01/2011, Page 63
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