{"product_id":"perfect-nine-the-epic-of-g-297-k-361-y-361-and-m-361-mbi-the","title":"Perfect Nine: The Epic of G\u0026#297;k\u0026#361;y\u0026#361; And M\u0026#361;mbi, The","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA dazzling, genre-defying novel in verse from the author Delia Owens says \"tackles the absurdities, injustices, and corruption of a continent\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o's novels and memoirs have received glowing praise from the likes of President Barack Obama, the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e, and NPR; he has been a finalist for the Man International Booker Prize and is annually tipped to win the Nobel Prize for Literature; and his books have sold tens of thousands of copies around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn his first attempt at the epic form, Ngũgĩ tells the story of the founding of the Gĩkũyũ people of Kenya, from a strongly feminist perspective. A verse narrative, blending folklore, mythology, adventure, and allegory, \u003cem\u003eThe Perfect Nine\u003c\/em\u003e chronicles the efforts the Gĩkũyũ founders make to find partners for their ten beautiful daughters--called \"The Perfect Nine\" --and the challenges they set for the 99 suitors who seek their hands in marriage. The epic has all the elements of adventure, with suspense, danger, humor, and sacrifice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNgũgĩ's epic is a quest for the beautiful as an ideal of living, as the motive force behind migrations of African peoples. He notes, \"The epic came to me one night as a revelation of ideals of quest, courage, perseverance, unity, family; and the sense of the divine, in human struggles with nature and nurture.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39328677953636,"sku":"9781620975251","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/perfect-nine-the-epic-of-g-297-k-361-y-361-and-m-361-mbi-the","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}