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Maps

3.7/5 ( ratings)

This first novel in Nuruddin Farah's Blood in the Sun trilogy tells the story of Askar, a man coming of age in the turmoil of modern Africa. With his father a victim of the bloody Ethiopian civil war and his mother dying the day of his birth, Askar is taken in and raised by a woman named Misra amid the scandal, gossip, and ritual of a small African village. As an adolescent, Askar goes to live in Somalia's capital, where he strives to find himself just as Somalia struggles for national identity.

Language: English

Pages: 259

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Group

Release: November 01, 2000

ISBN: 0140296433

ISBN 13: 9780140296433

Maps

3.7/5 ( ratings)

This first novel in Nuruddin Farah's Blood in the Sun trilogy tells the story of Askar, a man coming of age in the turmoil of modern Africa. With his father a victim of the bloody Ethiopian civil war and his mother dying the day of his birth, Askar is taken in and raised by a woman named Misra amid the scandal, gossip, and ritual of a small African village. As an adolescent, Askar goes to live in Somalia's capital, where he strives to find himself just as Somalia struggles for national identity.

Language: English

Pages: 259

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Penguin Group

Release: November 01, 2000

ISBN: 0140296433

ISBN 13: 9780140296433

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