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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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An Amazon Best Book of December 2018: What would you do if your son was a terrorist, responsible for the deaths of many and ultimately his own? Would you mourn the loss? Would you support his wife and stepchildren, sponsoring their livelihood and their move from Somalia to Norway? What would you do if his wife’s strict adherence to Islam and her violent past made it nearly impossible for her to assimilate? Would you trust her? Would you defend your son’s family? Do you encourage notions of freedom with his children? In North of Dawn, Nuruddin Farah confronts these questions head-on. Told from alternating vantage points and across several years, Farah weaves an emotional tale that pits the past against the future, pushing the limits of loyalty and love, family and religion, to their breaking points. --Al Woodworth
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Nuruddin Farah is the author of eleven previous novels, which have been translated into more than twenty languages and won numerous awards, including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa.

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  • PublisherRiverhead Books
  • Publication date2018
  • ISBN 10 0735214239
  • ISBN 13 9780735214231
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages384
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