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A new novel in one of the world's great freelance writers - an extraordinary work occur Mogadiscio, Somalia - that both breaks new floor and brings him back again to his literary origins. A solid, self-reliant woman who was created in Somalia but raised in North America, Cambara returns to Mogadiscio to escape a failed marriage and an overweening mother. Her journey back again to her indigenous home is a anxious try to find herself on her own terms-however ironically, in a country where women are anticipated to wear veils. And she has given herself a mission to reclaim her family's home from the warlord who has taken it as his own.Cambara detects mental refuge and functional support with a group of Somali women activists working to broker peace in a country that is savagely riven by its drug-addled, power-hungry men. Farah's novels have been well-known for their particular African feminism since his debut, From a Crooked Rib (just reissued by Penguin); Knots presents his most powerful go back to that legacy. Knots also presents a penetrating portrayal of Somalia's capital city-a city that's transformed from the location Westerners noticed on CNN and in Black Hawk Down, changed into circumstances of violent anarchy and emotional disrepair that hasn't been more important to understand. An especially personal family portrait of Mogadiscio, it's informed by Farah's own recent work to reclaim his family's property there, as well as his experience trying to negotiate peace among the list of city's warlords.Now more than ever, Farah's deeply sensible and worldly inside look at the Muslim world is valuable and necessary.
