SECRET LIVES

New York: Lawrence Hill and Company, 1975. First printing. Near fine in very good jacket.. First edition of this collection by the acclaimed Kenyan author - thirteen stories from more than a decade of his career. Ngugi wa Thiong'o describes SECRET LIVES as a "creative autobiography," with stories spanning from his early years as a student at Makere University to his return to Kenya after a period spent teaching at Northwestern University. 8'' x 5.25''. Original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine. In original, unclipped ($6.95) color pictorial jacket. 144 pages. Jacket with light edgwear and sunning, some rubbing. Book with trace edgwear, faint bump at head of spine, else clean.