Fairytales for lost children / Diriye Osman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Osman, Diriye, 1983-

Contributor:

Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Somali diaspora--Fiction.

Somali diaspora.

Gay youth--Fiction.

Gay youth.

Immigrant youth--Fiction.

Immigrant youth.

Genre:

Short stories.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

156 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Fairy tales for lost children

Place of Publication:

[London] : Team Angelica Pub., 2013.

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.

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.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Tom Farinholt and Blair Edlow Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780956971944

0956971946

OCLC:

857590560

Publisher Number:

99993751824