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Also by Nuruddin Farah:

North of Dawn, December 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Hiding In Plain Sight, November 2014
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Crossbones, September 2011
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Knots, February 2007
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Sweet and Sour Milk, August 2006
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Links, April 2005
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Secrets, June 2001
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Gifts, November 2000
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Maps, November 2000
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North of Dawn
Nuruddin Farah

Riverhead Books
December 2018
On Sale: December 4, 2018
384 pages
ISBN: 0735214239
EAN: 9780735214231
Kindle: B07BD2QHMT
Hardcover / e-Book
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Fiction Family Life | Literature and Fiction Literary

A couple's tranquil life abroad is irrevocably transformed by the arrival of their son's widow and children, in the latest from Somalia's most celebrated novelist.

For decades, Gacalo and Mugdi have lived in Oslo, where they've led a peaceful, largely assimilated life and raised two children. Their beloved son, Dhaqaneh, however, is driven by feelings of alienation to jihadism in Somalia, where he kills himself in a suicide attack. The couple reluctantly offers a haven to his family. But on arrival in Oslo, their daughter-in-law cloaks herself even more deeply in religion, while her children hunger for the freedoms of their new homeland, a rift that will have lifealtering consequences for the entire family.

Set against the backdrop of real events, North of Dawn is a provocative, devastating story of love, loyalty, and national identity that asks whether it is ever possible to escape a legacy of violence--and if so, at what cost.

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