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874450Petals of Bloodhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/petals-of-blood/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/515685/4c785c33-179c-4832-93fa-12d21bf2d884.jpg?v=638335123527800000204249MXNPenguin Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>The definitive African book of the twentieth century (Moses Isegawa, from the Introduction) by the Nobel Prizenominated Kenyan writer</strong></p><p>The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this fervent, hard-hitting novel about disillusionment in independent Kenya. A deceptively simple tale, <em>Petals of Blood</em> is on the surface a suspenseful investigation of a spectacular triple murder in upcountry Kenya. Yet as the intertwined stories of the four suspects unfold, a devastating picture emerges of a modern third-world nation whose frustrated people feel their leaders have failed them time after time.</p><p>First published in 1977, this novel was so explosive that its author was imprisoned without charges by the Kenyan government. His incarceration was so shocking that newspapers around the world called attention to the case, and protests were raised by human-rights groups, scholars, and writers, including James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Donald Barthelme, Harold Pinter, and Margaret Drabble.</p>...872768Petals of Blood204249https://www.gandhi.com.mx/petals-of-blood/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/515685/4c785c33-179c-4832-93fa-12d21bf2d884.jpg?v=638335123527800000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20059781101662465_W3siaWQiOiJmYzFiNGU4OS1jZjA5LTQ5ZmItYWVkMC00MDU1M2M0MTQ1NWQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjIzMywiZGlzY291bnQiOjQyLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE5MSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDItMDVUMDU6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781101662465_<p><strong>The definitive African book of the twentieth century (Moses Isegawa, from the Introduction) by the Nobel Prizenominated Kenyan writer</strong></p><p>The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this fervent, hard-hitting novel about disillusionment in independent Kenya. A deceptively simple tale, <em>Petals of Blood</em> is on the surface a suspenseful investigation of a spectacular triple murder in upcountry Kenya. Yet as the intertwined stories of the four suspects unfold, a devastating picture emerges of a modern third-world nation whose frustrated people feel their leaders have failed them time after time.</p><p>First published in 1977, this novel was so explosive that its author was imprisoned without charges by the Kenyan government. His incarceration was so shocking that newspapers around the world called attention to the case, and protests were raised by human-rights groups, scholars, and writers, including James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Donald Barthelme, Harold Pinter, and Margaret Drabble.</p>...9781101662465_Penguin Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_c58c4b1f-7810-302e-a657-881b7263bd5b_9781101662465;9781101662465_9781101662465Chinua AchebeInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/PenguinUS-epub-ca2efa28-d027-4767-82c5-bf51a4fa7f0a.epub2005-02-22T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Publishing Group