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From the internationally acclaimed author of North of Dawn comes "a beautiful, hopeful novel about one woman's return to war-ravaged Mogadishu" (Time) Called "one of the most sophisticated voices in modern fiction" (The New York Review of Books), Nuruddin Farah is widely recognized as a literary genius. He proves it yet again with Knots, the story of a woman who returns to her roots and discovers much more than herself. Born in Somalia but raised in North America, Cambara flees a failed marriage by traveling to Mogadishu. And there, amid the devastation and brutality, she finds that her most unlikely ambitions begin to seem possible. Conjuring the unforgettable extremes of a fractured Muslim culture and the wayward Somali state through the eyes of a strong, compelling heroine, Knots is another Farah masterwork.
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Knots, Nuruddin Farah
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2008
- Reliure
- (souple),
- État du livre
- Bon
- Prix
- 6,49 €
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- Titre
- Knots
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Nuruddin Farah
- Éditeur
- Penguin
- Publié
- 2008
- Format
- souple
- Pages
- 436
- ISBN10
- 0143112988
- ISBN13
- 9780143112983
- Séries
- Passé imparfait
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Littérature contemporaine, Féminisme, Afrique, Littérature africaine, Somalie
- Évaluation
- 3 sur 5
- Description
- From the internationally acclaimed author of North of Dawn comes "a beautiful, hopeful novel about one woman's return to war-ravaged Mogadishu" (Time) Called "one of the most sophisticated voices in modern fiction" (The New York Review of Books), Nuruddin Farah is widely recognized as a literary genius. He proves it yet again with Knots, the story of a woman who returns to her roots and discovers much more than herself. Born in Somalia but raised in North America, Cambara flees a failed marriage by traveling to Mogadishu. And there, amid the devastation and brutality, she finds that her most unlikely ambitions begin to seem possible. Conjuring the unforgettable extremes of a fractured Muslim culture and the wayward Somali state through the eyes of a strong, compelling heroine, Knots is another Farah masterwork.