Going to pieces: narrative disintegration in Nuruddin Farah’s Crossbones
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DOI: 10.1080/02533952.2017.1341089
Abstract: Abstract This paper examines Nuruddin Farah’s 2011 novel Crossbones. It argues that Farah subverts the techniques of crime fiction in order to emphasise the difficulty of describing Somalia in terms of a single narrative, and… read more here.
Keywords: nuruddin farah; disintegration nuruddin; farah crossbones; going pieces ... See more keywords
Perceiving precarity and extremism in Nuruddin Farah's North of Dawn
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DOI: 10.17159/2309-9070/tvl.v.57i1.8079
Abstract: Somali citizens, both at home and abroad, have been reduced to a life of uncertainty, instability and insecurity. This article considers Somalis as part of the ‘precariat’ (as theorized by Pierre Bourdieu, Guy Standing, and… read more here.
Keywords: nuruddin farah; extremism; farah north; precarity extremism ... See more keywords
Postnational Paradoxes: Nuruddin Farah’s Recent Novels and Two Life Narratives in Counterpoint
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DOI: 10.2979/reseafrilite.49.1.05
Abstract: ABSTRACT:Nuruddin Farah’s most recent novel, Hiding in Plain Sight, provides an interesting fictional terrain within which to explore postcolonial postnationalism. This novel highlights the impacts of globalization and transnationalism on subject formation, personal and family… read more here.
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