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041 1  eng|hkik 
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092 0  Roman|bengelska 
100 0  Ngugi Wa Thiong'o,|d1938-|4aut|4trl 
240 10 Kenda mũiyũru|lEngelska 
245 14 The perfect nine :|bthe epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi /|cNgugi 
       Wa Thiong'o ; translated from the Gĩkũyũ original by the 
       author 
264  1 New York :|bThe New Press,|c2020 
300    227 sidor 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "In his first attempt at the epic form, Ngũgĩ tells the 
       story of the founding of the Gĩkũyũ people of Kenya, from 
       a strongly feminist perspective. A verse narrative, 
       blending folklore, mythology, adventure, and allegory, The
       Perfect Nine chronicles the efforts the Gĩkũyũ founders 
       make to find partners for their ten beautiful 
       daughters—called “The Perfect Nine” —and the challenges 
       they set for the 99 suitors who seek their hands in 
       marriage. The epic has all the elements of adventure, with
       suspense, danger, humor, and sacrifice. Ngũgĩ’s epic is a 
       quest for the beautiful as an ideal of living, as the 
       motive force behind migrations of African peoples. He 
       notes, “The epic came to me one night as a revelation of 
       ideals of quest, courage, perseverance, unity, family; and
       the sense of the divine, in human struggles with nature 
       and nurture.”|cProvided by publisher 
650  7 Kikuyu (folk)|2sao 
650  7 Folkminnen|2sao 
650  7 Mytologi|2sao 
651  7 Kenya|2sao 
655  7 Romaner|2saogf