{"product_id":"the-river-between-9780143107491","title":"The River Between","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 50th-anniversary edition of one of the most powerful novels by the great Kenyan author and Nobel Prize nominee\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A legendary work of African literature, this moving and eye-opening novel lucidly captures the drama of a people and culture whose world has been overturned. \u003ci\u003eThe River Between\u003c\/i\u003e explores life in the mountains of Kenya during the early days of white settlement. Faced with a choice between an alluring new religion and their own ancestral customs, the Gikuyu people are torn between those who fear the unknown and those who see beyond it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNGUGI WA THIONG'O\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning novelist, playwright, and essayist from Kenya whose novels have been translated into more than thirty languages. He is Distinguished Professor of English at the University of California, Irvine. He lives in Irvine, California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eUZODINMA IWEALA\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the award-winning novel \u003ci\u003eBeasts of No Nation\u003c\/i\u003e and is one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Young American Novelists. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria, and New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626518548754,"sku":"9780143107491","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_64e2a620-8aea-4cf8-9452-44ae9ee5e64a.jpg?v=1732660754","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-river-between-9780143107491","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}