From a Crooked Rib - Couverture souple

Farah, Nuruddin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0435900803 ISBN 13 : 9780435900809

Editeur : Pearson Education Limited, 1979

Synopsis

Book by Farah Nuruddin

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Written with complete conviction from a woman's point of view, Nuruddin Farah's spare, shocking first novel savagely attacks the traditional values of his people yet is also a haunting celebration of the unbroken human spirit. Ebla, an orphan of eighteen, runs away from her nomadic encampment in rural Somalia when she discovers that her grandfather has promised her in marriage to an older man. But even after her escape to Mogadishu, she finds herself as powerless and dependent on men as she was out in the bush. As she is propelled through servitude, marriage, poverty, and violence, Ebla has to fight to retain her identity in a world where women are "sold like cattle."

Biographie de l'auteur

Nurudin Farah is the author of nine novels, including From a Crooked Rib, Links and his Blood in the Sun trilogy: Maps, Gifts, and Secrets. His novels have been translated into seventeen languages and have won numerous awards. Farah was named the 1998 laureate of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, "widely regarded as the most prestigious international literary award after the Nobel" (The New York Times). Born in Baidoa, Somalia, he now lives in Cape Town, South Africa, with his wife and their children.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pearson Education Limited
• Date d'édition: 1979
• ISBN 10: 0435900803
• ISBN 13: 9780435900809
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 181