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- Publisher: Arcade (1999)
- ASIN: B000UZUSKM
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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This is breathtakingly Marvelous.,
By Adam Garad (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Gifts (Hardcover)
Woow! When I read this book, I though this author is rather unique in this world. The language is rich and vivid. From there I decided to read all his work.
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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READ THESE BOOKS!,
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This review is from: Gifts (Hardcover)
I just posted a review of Nurrudin Farah's Maps, and I wanted to make sure everyone knows the whole trilogy is brilliant. If I had to separate them, Gifts I think is the easiest to read, but all by itslef is maybe less rewarding than Maps or Secrets. But it's still an amzing book--one of the best contemporary novels that I've read--and the whole trilogy has radically reshaped changed the way I think about literature and the world.
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An Unknown Superstar,
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This review is from: Gifts (Hardcover)
I came to thi s book after reading the review in the New York Times Book Review (the quote on this page doesn't do the review justice). I had never heard of the author and thought I was discovering someone completely new. When I looked at the book I learned that many of the world's great writers--Rushdie, Achebe, Gordimer--have been reading him for years and loving him. If you look at the page for Secrets and click on the Click Here for All the Reviews button you'll see what I mean. They're right. He's a great writer who deserves to be more famous. This is a great book. Now I'm going to read all of his other books.
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Duniya had been awake for a while, conscious of the approaching dawn. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Uncle Qaasim, Aunt Muraayo, New York, Uncle Abshir, Nameless One, Croce del Sud, European Community, Somali Airlines, Women's Room, Number Seventeen, Third World, Number Sixteen, Addis Ababa New!
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Duniya had been awake for a while, conscious of the approaching dawn. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Uncle Qaasim, Aunt Muraayo, New York, Uncle Abshir, Nameless One, Croce del Sud, European Community, Somali Airlines, Women's Room, Number Seventeen, Third World, Number Sixteen, Addis Ababa New!
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- Sweet and Sour Milk (Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship) by Nuruddin Farah in Front Matter
- The Brothers Karamazov (Signet Classics) by Fyodor Dostoevsky on page 207
- Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad on page 197
- Naked Needle (Aws 184) by Nuruddin Farah in Front Matter
- Close Sesame: A Novel (Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship) by Nuruddin Farah in Front Matter
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