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Little mother : a novel / Cristina Ali Farah ; translated by Giovanna Bellesia-Contuzzi and Victoria Offredi Poletto ; with an introduction by Alessandra Di Maio.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ali Farah, Cristina, 1973-
- Standardized Title:
- Madre piccola. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cousins--Fiction.
- Cousins.
- Exiles--Fiction.
- Exiles.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (264 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- When civil war erupts in Somalia, cousins Domenica Axad and Barni are separated and forced to flee the country. Barni manages to eke out a living in Rome, where she works as an obstetrician. Domenica wanders Europe in a painful attempt to reunite her broken family and come to terms with her past. After ten years, the two women reunite. When Domenica gives birth to a son, Barni, also known as Little Mother, is at her side. Together with the new baby, Domenica and Barni find their Somali roots and start
- Contents:
- Prelude / Domenica Axad
- Barni
- Taageere
- Axad
- Interlude / Taageere
- Domenica
- Epilogue / Barni.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-253-00148-X
- OCLC:
- 735596574
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