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Fairytales for lost children / Diriye Osman.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: [London] : Team Angelica, 2013Description: 156 p. ill. 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780956971944
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PJ2534.O86 F35 2013
Other classification:
  • Hep.016
Contents:
Watering the imagination -- Tell the sun not to shine -- Fairytales for lost children -- Shoga -- If I were a dance -- Pavilion -- Ndambi -- Earthling -- Your silence will not protect you -- The other (wo)man -- My roots are your roots.
Summary: FAIRYTALES FOR LOST CHILDREN is narrated by people constantly on the verge of self-revelation. These characters - young, gay and lesbian Somalis - must navigate the complexities of family, identity and the immigrant experience as they tumble towards freedom. Set in Kenya, Somalia and South London, these stories are imbued with pathos, passion and linguistic playfulness, marking the arrival of a singular new voice in contemporary fiction.
Holdings
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Watering the imagination -- Tell the sun not to shine -- Fairytales for lost children -- Shoga -- If I were a dance -- Pavilion -- Ndambi -- Earthling -- Your silence will not protect you -- The other (wo)man -- My roots are your roots.

FAIRYTALES FOR LOST CHILDREN is narrated by people constantly on the verge of self-revelation. These characters - young, gay and lesbian Somalis - must navigate the complexities of family, identity and the immigrant experience as they tumble towards freedom. Set in Kenya, Somalia and South London, these stories are imbued with pathos, passion and linguistic playfulness, marking the arrival of a singular new voice in contemporary fiction.