Nuruddin Farah

Links

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From the internationally acclaimed author of North of Dawn, Links is a novel that will stand as a classic of modern world literature.Jeebleh is returning to Mogadiscio, Somalia, for the first time in twenty years. But this is not a nostalgia trip-his last residence there was a jail cell. And who could feel nostalgic for a city like this? U.S. troops have come and gone, and the decimated city is ruled by clan warlords and patrolled by qaat-chewing gangs who shoot civilians to relieve their adolescent boredom. Diverted in his pilgrimage to visit his mother's grave, Jeebleh is asked to investigate the abduction of the young daughter of one of hi… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-14-303484-1
EAN: 9780143034841
Produktnummer: 1359719
Verlag: Penguin Group
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 336 S.
Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.6 cm x D2.5 cm 305 g
Reihenbandnummer: 1
Gewicht: 305
Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.

Über den Autor

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.