Nuruddin Farah - Novels and Stories (10 books)

NURUDDIN FARAH (b. 1945) is a prominent Somali novelist and playwright. His decision to write in English, chiefly a matter of the typewriter available to him, eventually gave him an international audience. Since leaving Somalia in the 1970s, he has lived and taught in in Europe, North America, and elsewhere in Africa.

Farah has written of himself: "My novels are about states of exile; about women shivering in the cruel cold in a world ruled by men; about the commoner denied justice; about a torturer tortured by guilt, his own conscience; about a traitor betrayed." He has used his fiction to discuss his opposition to Somali cultural norms and analyze the postcolonial dictatorship, war and the declining state of Africa. Recurrent themes are women's rights, the relationship between industrialized and developing countries, and the pre-Islamic understanding of religion in Somalia.

Three trilogies of novels form the core of his work. "Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship" (1979-83) -- which includes SARDINES (1981), and CLOSE SESAME (1983) -- is about life under Maxamed Siyaad Barre (Muhammad Siad Barre), where ideological slogans barely disguise an almost surreal society and human ties have been severed by dread and terror. Its unblinking portrayal of dictatorship eventually forced Farah into exile.

Farah's reputation was cemented by his most famous novel, MAPS (1986), the first part of his "Blood in the Sun" trilogy (1986-99). It is set during the Ogaden conflict of 1977 and employs the innovative technique of second-person narration for exploring questions of cultural identity in a post-independence world. It was followed with GIFTS (1993) and SECRETS (1998), both of which earned awards.

His most recent trilogy, "Past Imperfect" (2003-11) comprises LINKS (2004), KNOTS (2007) and CROSSBONES (2011). His latest novel, HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT (2014), is a profound exploration of the tensions between liberty and obligation, the ways in which gender and sexual orientation define us, and the unintended consequences of the secrets we keep.


The following books are in ePUB or PDF format as indicated:


== NOVELS ==

* Close Sesame [Variations 3] (Allison & Busby, 1983) -- PDF

* Crossbones [Past Imperfect 3] (Penguin, 2011) -- ePUB

* Gifts [Blood in the Sun 2] (Arcade, 2011) -- ePUB

* Hiding in Plain Sight (Riverhead, 2014) -- ePUB

* Knots [Past Imperfect 2] (Riverhead, 2007) -- ePUB + PDF

* Links [Past Imperfect 1] (Penguin, 2005) -- ePUB

* Maps [Blood in the Sun 1] (Arcade, 2012) -- ePUB

* Sardines [Variations 2] (Graywolf, 1992) -- PDF

* Secrets [Blood in the Sun 3] (Arcade, 1998) -- PDF


== SHORT FICTION ==

* "Start of the Affair, The" (New Yorker, 22-29 December 2014) -- PDF

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