Gifts
Gifts
- ISBN 13:
9780140296426
- ISBN 10:
0140296425
- Format: Paperback
- Copyright: 11/01/2000
- Publisher: Penguin Books
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Summary
Gifts is a beguiling tale of a Somali family, its strong matriarch, Duniya, and its past wounds that refuse to heal. As the story unfolds, Somalia is ravaged by war, drought, disease, and famine, prompting industrialized nations to offer monetary aid-"gifts" to the so-called Third World. Farah weaves these threads together into a tapestry of dreams, memories, family lore, folktales, and journalistic accounts.