Description
In this first novel of Nuruddin Farah’s acclaimed Blood in the Sun trilogy, Askar comes of age amid the upheavals of modern Africa, where family loss and political violence shape every step he takes. Set against the 1978 border war between Somalia and Ethiopia over the Ogaden, the story follows how competing national ambitions, shifting loyalties, and hidden histories draw ordinary lives into the machinery of conflict. With lyrical intensity and a keen eye for moral complexity, Farah explores themes of identity, displacement, and the human cost of ideology. Blending personal tragedy with the sweep of regional history, the novel offers a powerful, unsparing portrait of what it means to live—and to endure—when the map itself becomes a battlefield.
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hardcover
Ammann
Published Jan 1, 1992
4 pages
ISBN: 9783250101659
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First Published
1986
Language
eng
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