тАЬUtterly sublime┬а.┬а.┬а. Aduatells a gripping story of war, migration and family, exposing us to the pain and hope that reside in each encounterтАЭ (Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King).
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Adua, an immigrant from Somalia, has lived in Italy nearly forty years. She came seeking freedom from a strict father and an oppressive regime, but her dreams of becoming a film star ended in shame. A searing novel about a young immigrant womanтАЩs dream of finding freedom in Rome and the bittersweet legacies of her African past.
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тАЬLovely prose and memorable characters make this novel a thought-provoking and moving consideration of the wreckage of European oppression.тАЭ тАФPublishers Weekly (starred review)
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тАЬIgiaba Scego is an original voice who connects ItalyтАЩs present with its colonial past. Adua is an important novel that obliges the country to confront both memory and truth.тАЭ тАФAmara Lakhous, author of Dispute over a Very Italian Piglet
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тАЬThis book depicts the soul and the body of a daughter and a father, illuminating words that are used every day and swiftly emptied of meaning: migrants, diaspora, refugees, separation, hope, humiliation, death.тАЭ тАФPanorama
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тАЬA memorable, affecting tale┬а.┬а.┬а. Brings the decolonialization of Africa to life┬а.┬а.┬а. All the more affecting for being told without sentimentality or self-pity.тАЭ тАФForeWord Reviews
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тАЬDeeply and thoroughly researched┬а.┬а.┬а. Also a captivating read: the novel is sweeping in its geographical and temporal scope, yet Scego nonetheless renders her complex protagonists richly and lovingly.тАЭ тАФAfrica Is a Country