| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 213 pages) |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
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Twayne's world authors series ; TWAS 876. African literature |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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Twayne's world authors series ; TWAS 876
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Twayne's world authors series. African literature.
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| Contents |
Farah's Somalia: a legacy of contradictions -- The life of a literary nomad -- "The country of my imagination": Farah's novels and plays -- The politics of autonomy -- Writing about women -- Language and the ethical imagination |
| Summary |
"The Somali novelist and playwright Nuruddin Farah (b. 1945) has lived in exile since 1974, and much of his writing is concerned with the impact that years of military dictatorship (primarily that of Siyad Barre) have had on the lives of ordinary Somalis. Farah's best-known novels - From a Crooked Rib (1970), Sweet and Sour Milk (1979), Maps (1986), and Gifts (1990) - have made him an influential presence in postcolonial literature, one whose political commitment and opposition to authoritarianism are much admired throughout the world. Farah is also known for writing sensitively about women, sometimes from a woman's point of view. He is the 1998 winner of the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature." |
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Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Naruddin Farah |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Farah, Nuruddin, 1945- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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| SUBJECT |
Farah, Nuruddin, 1945- fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00068057 |
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Farah, Nuruddin. swd |
| Subject |
Politics and literature -- Somalia
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Postmodernism (Literature) -- Somalia
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Literature.
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Politics and literature.
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Postmodernism (Literature)
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Somalia -- In literature
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| Subject |
Somalia.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tremaine, Louis.
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| LC no. |
98033279 |
| ISBN |
0805718893 |
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9780805718898 |
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