{"product_id":"9781786074430","title":"Kintu","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe breathtaking debut from the winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize and the Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction 2018\u003cbr\u003e'A soaring and sublime epic. One of those great stories that was just waiting to be told.' (Marlon James, Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this epic tale of fate, fortune and legacy, Jennifer Makumbi vibrantly brings to life this corner of Africa and this colourful family as she reimagines the history of Uganda through the cursed bloodline of the Kintu clan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1750. Kintu Kidda sets out for the capital to pledge allegiance to the new leader of the Buganda kingdom. Along the way he unleashes a curse that will plague his family for generations. Blending oral tradition, myth, folktale and history, Makumbi weaves together the stories of Kintu's descendants as they seek to break free from the burden of their past to produce a majestic tale of clan and country - a modern classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Jennifer+Nansubuga+Makumbi\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eJennifer Nansubuga Makumbi\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376876273827,"sku":"9781786074430","price":310.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781786074430_a180e62a-138e-493a-9db1-05753710c457.jpg?v=1776590911","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781786074430","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}