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049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	0	0	_aPR9396.9.F3 _bZ77 2014
082	0	4	_a893.543 _223
100	1		_aMoolla, F. Fiona, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aReading Nuruddin Farah : _bthe individual, the novel & the idea of home / _cF. Fiona Moolla.
264		1	_aSuffolk : _bBoydell & Brewer, _c2014.
300			_a1 online resource (vi, 210 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
505	0	0	_g1. _tDefining the individual : conceptual & historical limits -- _g2. _tFrom a crooked rib & the Bildungsroman : developing the self, developing the nation -- _g3. _tThe 'gynocentric' Bildungsroman : Sardines & Gifts -- _g4. _tModernism in A naked needle & Sweet & sour milk : irony, morality & the aesthetic -- _g5. _tClose sesame & the representation of heteronomy -- _g6. _tDissolving the boundaries of self & nation in Maps & Secrets -- _g7. _tReconstructing the subject in the third trilogy : links, knots & crossbones.
520			_aThe Somali novelist, Nuruddin Farah, is one of the most important African writers today. The central question that this book investigates is the relationship between modern identity and the novel as a genre. Nuruddin Farah's novels are shown by Moolla to encompass the history of the novel: from the 'proto-realism' of the acclaimed From a Crooked Rib to the modernism of A Naked Needle and the postmodernism of, most notably, Maps, returning almost full circle with his most recent novel Crossbones. Moolla examines his writing within the framework of Somali society and culture, Islamic traditions and political contexts, all of which are central themesin his novels. She also addresses his engagement with women's lives - his female characters and identities being at the heart of, rather than peripheral, to his stories - something that has always distinguished Farah from many other male African writers. The book finally suggests that through his literary negotiation of the central contradiction of modern identity, Farah comes close to constituting a subject who no longer is transcendentally 'homeless', but finds a home 'everywhere' - a fitting project for a writer who has been in exile for the greater part of his life. F. Fiona Moolla is a lecturer in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Western Cape in SouthAfrica as well as freelance writer and published author of short stories and novels.
600	1	0	_aFarah, Nuruddin, _d1945- _xCriticism and interpretation.
650		0	_aPostmodernism (Literature) _zSomalia.
650		0	_aPolitics and literature _zSomalia.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aCambridge eBooks.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781847010919
856	4	0	_uhttp://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781782042389/type/BOOK
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