Growing up in Kenya in the early twentieth century, the brothers Matu and Muthegi are raised according to customs that, they are told, have existed since the beginning of the world. But when the 'red' strangers come, sunburned Europeans who seek to colonize their homeland, the lives of the two Kikuyu tribesmen begin to change in dramatic new ways. Soon, their people are overwhelmed by unknown diseases that traditional magic seems powerless to control.
And as the strangers move across the land, the tribe rapidly finds itself forced to obey foreign laws that seem at best bizarre, and that at worst entirely contradict the Kikuyu's own ancient ways, rituals and beliefs.
| ISBN: | 9780141188508 |
| Publication date: | 4th May 2006 |
| Author: | Elspeth Huxley |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 405 pages |
| Series: | Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary |
Growing up in Kenya in the early twentieth century, the brothers Matu and Muthegi are raised according to customs that, they are told, have existed since the beginning of the world. But when the 'red' strangers come, sunburned Europeans who seek to colonize their homeland, the lives of the two Kikuyu tribesmen begin to change in dramatic new ways.
Red Strangers features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary
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Red Strangers was written by Elspeth Huxley and published by Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd
Red Strangers has 405 pages
Yes it is part of Modern Classics series
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