One Day I Will Write about This Place: A Memoir

by Binyavanga Wainaina

Book Overview

"A Kenyan Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man . . . suffused by a love affair with language."--Publishers Weekly, Top Ten Books of 2011

In this vivid and compelling memoir, Binyavanga Wainaina tumbles through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. In One Day I Will Write About This Place, named a 2011 New York Times notable book, Wainaina brilliantly evokes family,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555976247
• ISBN13: 9781555976248
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"