ADUA

Igiaba Scego; Jamie Richards \(Translator\)

ISBN 10: 1939931452 / ISBN 13: 9781939931450

Published by New Vessel Press, New York, New York, U.S.A., 2017

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Advance reading copy (ARC). 183 + [4] p. Very, very slight shelfwear, otherwise Fine. From the back:Adua, an immigrant from Somalia to Italy, has lived in Rome for nearly forty years. She came seeking freedom from a strict father and an oppressive regime, but her dreams of becoming a film star ended in shame. Now that the civil war in Somalia is over, her homeland beckons. Yet Adua has a husband who needs her, a young man, also an immigrant, who braved a dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea. When her father, who worked as an interpreter for Mussolini's fascist regime, dies, Adua inherits the family home. She must decide whether to make the journey back to reclaim her material inheritance, but also how to take charge of her own story and build a future. Igiaba Scego is an Italian novelist and journalist. She was born in Romein 1974 in Somali parents who took refuge in Italy following a coup d'état in their native country where her father served as foreign minister."Utterly sublime. Igiaba Scego strikes the perfect balance between melancholy humor and simmering rage. Adua tells a gripping story of waq migration and family, exposing us to the pain and hope that reside in each encounter." -Maaza Mengiste, author of Beneath the Lion's Gaze "Igiaba Scego is an original voice who connects Italy's present with its colonial past. Adua is an important novel that obliges the country to confront with memory and truth." -Amara Lakhous, author of Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio "This book depicts the soul and the body of a daughter and a father, illuminating words that are used every day and swiftly emptied of meaning: migrants, diaspora, refugees, separation, hope, humiliation, death." - Panorama 2017-06-20.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: ADUA
• Publisher: New Vessel Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1939931452
• ISBN 13: 9781939931450
• Binding: Trade Paperback n
• Edition: y ADVANCE READING COPY
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

A searing novel about a young immigrant woman's dream of freedom in Rome and the legacies of her African past.

About the Author

Igiaba Scego is an Italian novelist and journalist. She was born in Rome in 1974 to Somali parents who took refuge in Italy following a coup d'état in their native country, where her father served as foreign minister.

Jamie Richards is a translator based in Milan. She holds an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Iowa and a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon. Her translations include Igort's Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks, Giovanni Orelli's Walaschek's Dream, and Jellyfish by Giancarlo Pastore.