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Published by Penguin Books, Limited (UK), 2003
ISBN 10: 0141187174ISBN 13: 9780141187174
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 182 pages. 'God created Woman from a crooked rib; and any one who trieth to straighten it, breaketh it.' Ebla, an orphan of ei ghteen, runs away from her nomadic encampment in rural Somali whe n she discovers that her grandfather has promised her marriage to an older man. But even after her escape to Mogadishu, she finds herself as powerless and dependent on men as she was in the bush. As she is propelled through servitude, marriage, poverty and vio lence, Ebla has to fight to retain her identity in a world where women are 'sold like cattle'. Written with complete conviction fr om a woman's viewpoint, Nuruddin Farah's spare, shocking first no vel savagely attacks the traditional values of his people yet is also a haunting celebration of the unbroken human spirit.
Published by Penguin 2003 Paperback, 2003
ISBN 10: 0141187174ISBN 13: 9780141187174
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
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Condition: Very Good. Published for the first time in the U. S.internationally celebrated writer Nuruddin Farah's first novel 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." BACKCOVER: "Nuruddin Farah, the most important African novelist to emerge in the past twenty-five years, is also one of the most sophisticated voices in modern fiction." The New York Review of Books "It's easy to see why Nuruddin Farah's name keeps coming up as a likely recipient of a Nobel Prize in Literature." Newsweek 192 pages.