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The Broken Word
An Epic Poem of British Empire in Kenya, and the Mau Mau Uprising Against It
By Foulds, Adam
- ISBN
- 978-0-14311-809-1
- Publisher
- Penguin
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Reviewed on April 15, 2011
This book-length poem, which won the 2008 Costa Poetry Award, describes the 1950s Mau Mau uprising against the English colonialists in Kenya. Author of two novels, Foulds () here uses fictional techniques, especially the slow release of facts, to build tension. He forges a personal account of the uprising by presenting the story of Tom, a student who has returned home to Africa to find that everything h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
on onApril 15, 2011 | Booksmack!
This book-length poem, which won the 2008 Costa Poetry Award, describes the 1950s Mau Mau uprising against the English colonialists in Kenya. Author of two novels, Foulds () here uses fictional techniques, especially the slow release of facts, to build tension. He forges a personal account of the uprising by presenting the story of Tom, a student who has returned home to Africa to find that everything h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
