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The house of rust : a novel / Khadija Abdalla Bajaber.
Van Pelt Library PR9381.9.B35 H68 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bajaber, Khadija Abdalla, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
- Fathers and daughters.
- Missing persons--Fiction.
- Missing persons.
- Imaginary wars and battles--Fiction.
- Imaginary wars and battles.
- Cats--Fiction.
- Cats.
- Monsters--Fiction.
- Monsters.
- Mombasa (Kenya)--Fiction.
- Mombasa (Kenya).
- Kenya--Fiction.
- Kenya.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Fantasy fiction.
- Bildungsromans.
- Magic realist fiction.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 258 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First Graywolf printing.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, MN : Graywolf Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- "When Aisha's fisherman father goes missing, she takes to the sea on a skeleton boat to rescue him. Guided by a talking scholar's cat, who sparks her interest in the mysterious House of Rust, she encounters three monsters hidden beneath the waves. All Aisha wants is for things to return to normal. But a showdown with the father of all sharks looms, and at home, things only grow stranger"--Page 4 of cover.
- Notes:
- Winner of the inaugural Graywolf Press Africa Prize, 2018.
- ISBN:
- 1644450682
- 9781644450680
- OCLC:
- 1277045863
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