Gifts
1st U.S. ed.
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Word Count
61,500 words, Guess
Page Count
246 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL37692M
- ISBN-101559704845
- OCLC Control Number45369434
- OCLC Control Number41026576
- OCLC Control Numbergifts0000fara
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number99025058
- LibraryThing432295
- Goodreads1177864
Classifications
- DDC823
- LCCPR9396.9.F3 G54 1999
Description
War in Somalia transforms a simple village girl into a self-confident woman who even swims and drives a car. She is Duniya, a widow with three children. By an English-speaking writer, author of Maps.
First Sentence
Duniya had been awake for a while, conscious of the approaching dawn.
Description
"In this tale of a Somali family and the struggles of its powerful matriarch to keep it whole, Nuruddin Farah delves into the ways people - families, communities, countries - are bound together by what they are willing to give and what they choose to receive."--BOOK JACKET. "Duniya is raising her twins as a single mother and working long hours as a nurse at a Mogadiscio hospital, certain she can do just fine without anyone's help. But the fragile self-sufficiency of her world has been rocked by her daughter's latest act of rebellion: bringing home a mysterious foundling infant. And when Duniya impulsively accepts the favor of a ride to work from a charming, wealthy, and romantically-interested family friend, she opens up a part of herself that she closed off long ago. Instantly, her whole life is turned upside down."--BOOK JACKET. "Meanwhile, the hospital where Duniya works is under siege by a desperate population that has been ravaged by war, drought, disease, and famine. Somalia has been invaded by relief organizations from America and Europe, but many Somalis chafe at being burdened with debts they can never hope to repay, and at having to accept tainted goods for which they're obliged to show gratitude. They, like Duniya, however, are being forced to reexamine old choices and to make new ones that reveal what they truly care about."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Genres
- Fiction.
Other Editions
- Gifts
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