An edition of Weep not, child (1964)

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An edition of Weep not, child (1964)

Weep not, child

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"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 carpetner. 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 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"--back cover.

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Publisher
Heinemann Educational
Language
English
Pages
136

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Subjects

Politics and government, Boys, In library, Brothers, Fiction, History, FICTION / Literary, Internet Archive Wishlist, Fiction, general, Swahili fiction

Places

Kenya

Times

1963-1978, Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960

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Cover of: Weep not, child
Weep not, child
2012, Penguin Books
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Weep Not, Child
2007, Heinemann
in English
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Weep not, child
1987, Heinemann Educational
in English
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Weep not, child
1970, Collier Books
in English
Cover of: Weep not, child
Weep not, child
1967, Heinemann Educational Books Ltd
in English
Cover of: Weep not, child
Weep not, child
1967, Heinemann
in English
Cover of: Weep not, child
Weep not, child
1966, Heinemann Educational Books Ltd
in English

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Published in
London
Series
African writers series
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823
Library of Congress
PR9381.9.N45

The Physical Object

Pagination
136 p. ;
Number of pages
136

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL18397372M
ISBN 10
0435908308, 0435908316
OCLC/WorldCat
16078013, 285506547
Library Thing
136565
Goodreads
159336

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL10245W

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Work Description

"Two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, stand on a garbage heap and look into their futures: Njoroge is to attend school, while Kamau will train to be a carpenter. But this is Kenya, and the times are against them: in the forests, the Mau Mau is waging war against the white government, and the two brothers and their family need to decide where their loyalties lie. For the practical Kamau, the choice is simple, but for Njoroge the scholar, the dream of progress through learning is a hard one to give up.First published in 1964, Weep Not, Child is a moving novel about the effects of the infamous Mau Mau uprising on the lives of ordinary men and women, and on one family in particular"--

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