{"product_id":"nairobi-noir-9781617759031","title":"Nairobi Noir","description":"\u003cp\u003eAkashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Noir\u003c\/em\u003e. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrand-new stories by: \u003c\/strong\u003e Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Stanley Gazemba, Ngumi Kibera, Peter Kimani, Winfred Kiunga, Kinyanjui Kombani, Caroline Mose, Kevin Mwachiro, Wanjikũ wa Ngũgĩ, Faith Oneya, Makena Onjerika, Troy Onyango, J.E. Sibi-Okumu, and Rasna Warah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the introduction by Peter Kimani: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNairobi Noir\u003cem\u003e is an act of excavation, rediscovering the city's ossified past and infusing life to preserve it for future generations. It is also an act of celebration, reminding readers of the brilliance of the best-known writers to emerge from this part of the world, and heralding the birth of new writers whose gifts, we can safely predict, will shine brightly in the years ahead. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe oldest writer in this anthology is eighty-one, the youngest is only twenty-four; if there is any inference one can draw from this demographic it is that this anthology offers an entire spectrum of Kenyan writing: the past, present, and future. If we can allow one extravagant claim, a collection of this nature is unprecedented in Kenya's literary history.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlthough the range of issues explored in \u003c\/em\u003eNairobi Noir\u003cem\u003e is as diverse as its contributors, it all gestures toward a common theme. In this concrete jungle, the hunters and herders live on. As do the hunted...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Kimani\u003c\/b\u003e is a leading Kenyan journalist and the author of, most recently, \u003ci\u003eDance of the Jakaranda, \u003c\/i\u003e a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of the Year. The novel was nominated for the Hurston\/Wright Legacy Award in the US and long-listed for the inaugural Big Book Awards in the UK. He has taught at Amherst College and the University of Houston and is presently based at Aga Khan University's Graduate School of Media and Communications in Nairobi\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50371827630354,"sku":"9781617759031","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_18cc544c-ee0e-44ff-8be5-f10eff8beaef.jpg?v=1728539289","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nairobi-noir-9781617759031","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}