17 Must-Read Books for the New Year
An unlikely debut, a posthumous masterpiece, and more titles to pick up now.
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Birth of a Dream Weaver
By Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
240 pages;
New Press
An acclaimed Kenyan activist and novelist turns his attention to his own life. This memoir chronicles his maturation as a writer amid the disintegration of colonialism, the emergence of brutal dictatorships, and the ghosts of oppression.
— Natalie Beach
Published 12/13/2016
