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Ripples in the Pool
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Beneath the still waters of the pool, truth and power lies. As it waits, tragedy ripples out in every direction… When Gikere, Selina, and Munene, members of the new elite, return from the town to the village, they each come with their own ambitions. Gikere: the...
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Ripples in the Pool
Ripples in the Pool is a symbolic and powerful novel that delves into the tragedy and spiritual disconnection in rural Africa.
Beneath the still waters of the pool, truth and power lies. As it waits, tragedy ripples out in every direction…
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Beneath the still waters of the pool, truth and power lies. As it waits, tragedy ripples out in every direction…
When Gikere, Selina, and Munene, members of the new elite, return from the town to the village, they each come with their own ambitions.
Gikere: the timid hospital assistant, wants to build a clinic.
Silena: Gikere’s wife, previously a prostitute and model in the town, wants to start a school for toy-making.
Munene: a powerful politician, detained during the Mau Mau uprising for stealing hospital money, plots to open a hospital of his own.
Money, power, fame; each person has everything to gain and everything to lose. As they race to feed their modern versions of success, the spiritual waters of the pool lie waiting — and it refuses to be ignored any longer.
A powerful and intricately symbolic novel, Ripples in the Pool is a groundbreaking classic from pioneering author, Rebeka Njau.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781035906154
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 14 March 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Apollo
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 16.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 170g
Pages: 240
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About the Author
Rebeka Njau was born in 1932 in Kiambu County, Kenya and is a pioneering playwright and novelist.
Her earliest works appeared under the name 'Rebecca Njau' as well as the pseudonym 'Marina Gashe'.
Njau was educated at Makerere University College in Kampala. While studying there, she attended the 1962 African Writers Conference alongside other prominent writers such as Chinua Achebe, Christopher Okigbo, and Wole Soyinka.
On her return to Kenya after graduation, Njau founded the Nairobi Girls School in 1964 before going on to work as an editor at Target, the magazine of the National Council of Churches in Kenya.
Njau currently lives in Nairobi, Kenya.
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