Black Mamba Boy - Couverture rigide

Mohamed, Nadifa

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0374114196 ISBN 13 : 9780374114190

Editeur : Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2010

Synopsis

Book by Mohamed Nadifa

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Named as one of the Granta Best Of Young British Novelists 2013. Longlisted for the Orange Prize and winner of the Betty Trask Award. For fans of Half of a Yellow Sun, a stunning novel set in 1930s Somalia spanning a decade of war and upheaval, all seen through the eyes of a small boy alone in the world. Aden, Yemen, 1935; a city vibrant, alive, and full of hidden dangers. And home to Jama, a ten year-old boy. But then his mother dies unexpectedly and he finds himself alone in the world. Jama is forced home to his native Somalia, the land of his nomadic ancestors. War is on the horizon and the fascist Italian forces who control parts of East Africa are preparing for battle. Yet Jama cannot rest until he discovers whether his father, who has been absent from his life since he was a baby, is alive somewhere. And so begins an epic journey which will take Jama north through Djibouti, war-torn Eritrea and Sudan, to Egypt. And from there, aboard a ship transporting Jewish refugees just released from German concentration camps, across the seas to Britain and freedom. This story of one boy's long walk to freedom is also the story of how the Second World War affected Africa and its people; a story of displacement and family.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Nadifa Mohamed was born in Hargeisa, Somalia in 1981 and was educated in the UK, studying History and Politics at St. Hilda's College, Oxford. She lives in London and is currently working on her second novel.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0374114196
• ISBN 13: 9780374114190
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 288