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Marc Koralnik |
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SILENCE IS MY MOTHER TONGUE
A searing novel of immigration and the powerful bonds forged in the harsh crucible of refugee camp life
In a time of war, what is the shape of love?
In a time of war, what is the shape of love?
A young girl Saba arrives in an African refugee camp, devastated at having had to abandon her books as her family fled their home. In this crowded, oppressive and often hostile place, she has to carve out her new existence, always protecting her mute brother Hagos, as each sibling resists the roles gender and society assign.
SILENCE IS MY MOTHER TONGUE is an exquisitely rendered portrait of a courageous young woman coping with judgement and sacrifice. With the power of an insider's view of the textures of life in a refugee camp, it is a compelling story of exile and survival and bears vivid testimony to the power of imagination when the world about you is bleak and claustrophobic.
Sulaiman Addonia is British, born in Eritrea to an Eritrean mother and an Ethiopian father. He spent his early life in a refugee camp in Sudan following the Om Hajar massacre in 1976, and in his early teens he lived and studied in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After learning English he came to London and earned an MA in Development Studies from SOAS.
His first novel, THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE (A dark and evocative testament to desire in an inhumane state' Independent), was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and has been translated into more than 20 languages. He now lives in Brussels with his wife and children, where he founded a literary festival.
Sulaiman has written a number of striking essays for various publications, including The New York Times, Granta and BBC Radio 4. He is currently working on a narrative memoir in which he is retracing journeys made by Verlaine and Baudelaire, between London, Paris and Brussels, as he examines questions of love, immigration, poetry and sexual identity.
SILENCE IS MY MOTHER TONGUE is an exquisitely rendered portrait of a courageous young woman coping with judgement and sacrifice. With the power of an insider's view of the textures of life in a refugee camp, it is a compelling story of exile and survival and bears vivid testimony to the power of imagination when the world about you is bleak and claustrophobic.
Sulaiman Addonia is British, born in Eritrea to an Eritrean mother and an Ethiopian father. He spent his early life in a refugee camp in Sudan following the Om Hajar massacre in 1976, and in his early teens he lived and studied in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After learning English he came to London and earned an MA in Development Studies from SOAS.
His first novel, THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOVE (A dark and evocative testament to desire in an inhumane state' Independent), was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and has been translated into more than 20 languages. He now lives in Brussels with his wife and children, where he founded a literary festival.
Sulaiman has written a number of striking essays for various publications, including The New York Times, Granta and BBC Radio 4. He is currently working on a narrative memoir in which he is retracing journeys made by Verlaine and Baudelaire, between London, Paris and Brussels, as he examines questions of love, immigration, poetry and sexual identity.
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Published 2018-10-01 by Indigo Press |