Adua A Novel Translation Igiaba Scego Jamierichards Translation by Igiaba Scego, Jamie richards (translation) 9781939931450, 9781939931474, 1939931452, 1939931479 instant download after payment.

Adua, an immigrant from Somalia to Italy, has lived in Rome for nearly forty years. She came seeking freedom from a strict father & an oppressive regime, but her dreams of becoming a film star ended in shame. Now that the civil war in Somalia is over, her homeland beckons. Yet Adua has a husband who needs her, a young man, also an immigrant, who braved a dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea. When her father, who worked as an interpreter for Mussolini’s fascist regime, dies, Adua inherits the family home. She must decide whether to make the journey back to reclaim her material inheritance, but also how to take charge of her own story & build a future.

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“Lovely prose & memorable characters make this novel a thought-provoking & moving consideration of the wreckage of European oppression.” —Publishers Weekly

“Igiaba Scego is an original voice who connects Italy’s present with its colonial past. Adua is an important novel that obliges the country to confront both memory & truth.” —Amara Lakhous, author of Dispute over a Very Italian Piglet 

“This book depicts the soul & the body of a daughter & a father, illuminating words that are used every day & swiftly emptied of meaning: migrants, diaspora, refugees, separation, hope, humiliation, death.” —Panorama 

“A memorable, affecting tale . . . Brings the decolonialization of Africa to life . . . All the more affecting for being told without sentimentality or self-pity.” —ForeWord Reviews 

“Deeply & thoroughly researched . . . Also a captivating read: the novel is sweeping in its geographical & temporal scope, yet Scego nonetheless renders her complex protagonists richly & lovingly.” —Africa Is a Country

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Igiaba Scego is an Italian novelist & journalist.