A new novel from one of the world's great writers-an extraordinary work set in Mogadiscio, Somalia-that both breaks new ground and brings him back to his literary roots. A strong, self-reliant woman who was born in Somalia but brought up in North America, Cambara returns to Mogadiscio to escape a...
MAPS is a superb book--lyrical, experimental, moving, memorable. Since reading MAPS a few years ago, I root for Farah each October when they're about to announce the Nobel laureates.LINKS, however, seems like it was written by a different person. It's clunky, talky, lifeless. I couldn't wait for ...
حكاية طفل تسكنه التساؤلات والكلمات...الأسماء ورموزها...الأرض والسماء، القلم والكتاب، والخرائط...وتسكنه الأحلام التي احتلت مساحة كبيرة من حياته ومن الرواية...والتي تركت آثارها على نمو ذاتهوالأكثر من ذلك أنها حكاية الصومال وإقليم أوغادين المتنازع عليه بين الصومال وأثيوبيا والحرب الدائرة بينهما عام ...
Bella is exhausted when she returns home. She has an atrocious pain in the lower reaches of her pelvis, which, for want of a better explanation, she ascribes to her terrible posture as she drove back to Aar’s house from Gigiri, pitched forward as if that would somehow make her go faster. She park...
Since neither remembers anyone mentioning the presence of dogs there, they look at each other and then at Dajaal. Dajaal explains, “The ringing of the bell activates the barking of dogs inside the house. Cambara imported the device from Toronto to scare off potential burglars. It’s most effective...