Often faced with agonisingly difficult legacies and situations, her characters don't just want but need explanations.' * Times Literary Supplement * Makumbi succeeds in making us feel the emotional importance of uncovering family history. 'A highly ambitious, dense and tightly written narrative. 'Ugandan literature can boast of an international superstar in Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi, whose debut novel Kintu is a multi-generational saga that ties oral myth to a recognisable present.' * Economist * It is also a very good one.inventive in scope, masterful in execution, does for Ugandan literature what Chinua Achebe did for Nigerian writing.' * Guardian * 'It seethes with energy and teems with memorable characters.' * Sunday Times, Best Books of the Year *
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