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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.
African Literature, Coming of Age Fiction, Literary Fiction,
Maps: A Novel by Nuruddin Farah - Paperback
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- Publisher : Penguin Books; 10.2.2000 edition (November 1, 2000)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 288 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0140296433
- ISBN-13 : 978-0140296433
- Item Weight : 8.6 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.36 x 0.69 x 8.04 inches
- Condition: Used – Very Good
African Literature, Coming of Age Fiction, Literary Fiction,