East Africa
Somalia
Contemporary
English
Fiction
Duniya, a nurse and single mother in Mogadishu, receives a mysterious gift and ponders what it means to give and receive. Set just before Somalia's collapse, it is a quiet meditation on dignity and dependency.
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Second volume of Blood in the Sun; one of Farah's most intimate novels
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editorial-summarynot primary textDuniya, a nurse and single mother in Mogadishu, receives a mysterious gift and ponders what it means to give and receive. Set just before Somalia's collapse, it is a quiet meditation on dignity and dependency. Second volume of Blood in the Sun; one of Farah's most intimate novels
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