Dance of the Jakaranda
by
Peter Kimani
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1846592097
ISBN-13
9781846592096
Publisher
Saqi Books
Imprint
Telegram Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 23rd, 2018
Print length
352 Pages
Weight
328 grams
Dimensions
12.90 x 19.70 x 2.60 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Historical fiction
Ksh 1,700.00
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Award-winning author Peter Kimani's UK debut: depicts British colonialism in Kenya with wit, intellgience and raw power.
1963. Kenya is on the verge of independence from British colonial rule. In the Great Rift Valley, Kenyans of all backgrounds come together in the previously white-only establishment of the Jakaranda Hotel. The resident musician is Rajan Salim, who charms visitors with songs inspired by his grandfather''s noble stories of the railway construction that spawned the Kenya they now know. One evening, Rajan is kissed by a mysterious woman in a shadowy corridor. Unable to forget the taste of her lavender-flavoured lips, Rajan sets out to find her. On his journey he stumbles upon the murky, shared history of three men - his grandfather, the owner of the Jakaranda and a British preacher - who were implicated in the controversial birth of a child. What Rajan unearths will open his eyes about the birth not just of a child, but of an entire nation.
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