Description
In a quiet Oslo neighborhood, a Somali couple, Gacalo and Mugdi, try to build a life defined by love and ordinary routines—until family obligations and political realities pull them into a struggle they can no longer ignore. As they assume responsibility for what has been left behind, their bond is tested by competing loyalties, and the question of national identity becomes inseparable from the legacy of violence that shaped their world. With Nuruddin Farah’s incisive, emotionally charged storytelling, the novel explores how devotion can both sustain and endanger, and whether escape is possible when history lives inside the present. Blending intimate character drama with a wider meditation on diaspora and belonging, this is a devastating, provocative work about the costs of inheritance—and the choices that follow.
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paperback
Penguin Publishing Group
Published Jan 1, 2018
384 pages
ISBN: 9780735214231
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First Published
2018
Language
eng
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