Description
A graceful orphan, Ebla, is eighteen when her grandfather announces a marriage to a man she has never met—an arrangement that forces her to confront the limits of tradition, family authority, and personal freedom. Fleeing her nomadic encampment, she sets out to shape her own future, only to find that escape brings new forms of constraint, desire, and moral choice. With lyrical immediacy and sharp psychological insight, this debut novel by Nuruddin Farah explores themes of agency, gendered power, and the tension between inherited obligations and self-determination. Written with the momentum of a coming-of-age journey, it offers a compelling portrait of how identity is negotiated when the world insists on defining you first.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Books
Published Jan 1, 2006
163 pages
ISBN: 9780143037262
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Details
First Published
1970
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for From a Crooked Rib by Nuruddin Farah.