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Silence is my mother tongue : a novel

Title

Silence is my mother tongue : a novel / Sulaiman Addonia.

Author

Addonia, Sulaiman

Publication

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Description

194 pages; 21 cm

Summary

A searing novel of immigration, judgement and sacrifice and the powerful bonds forged in the crucible of refugee camp life from an internationally-acclaimed writer, Silence is My Mother Tongue dissects society's ability to wage war on its own women and explores the stories we must tell to survive in a broken, inhospitable environment.
"On a hill overlooking a refugee camp in Sudan, a young man strings up bedsheets that, in an act of imaginative resilience, will serve as a screen in his silent cinema. From the cinema he can see all the comings and goings in the camp, especially those of two new arrivals: a girl named Saba, and her mute brother, Hagos. For these siblings, adapting to life in the camp is not easy. Saba mourns the future she lost when she was forced to abandon school, while Hagos, scorned for his inability to speak, must live vicariously through his sister. Both resist societal expectations by seeking to redefine love, sex, and gender roles in their lives, and when a businessman opens a shop and befriends Hagos, they cast off those pressures and make an unconventional choice." --

Subject

Genre/Form

Call Number

JFD 21-621

ISBN

LCCN

2019956895

OCLC

1195705591

Author

Addonia, Sulaiman, author.

Title

Silence is my mother tongue : a novel / Sulaiman Addonia.

Publisher

Minneapolis, Minn. : Graywolf Press, [2020]

Copyright Date

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Research Call Number

JFD 21-621