North of Dawn
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
A couple's tranquil life abroad is irrevocably transformed by the arrival of their son's widow and children, in the latest from Somalia's most celebrated novelist.
For decades, Gacalo and Mugdi have lived in Oslo, where they've led a...
For decades, Gacalo and Mugdi have lived in Oslo, where they've led a...
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A couple's tranquil life abroad is irrevocably transformed by the arrival of their son's widow and children, in the latest from Somalia's most celebrated novelist.For decades, Gacalo and Mugdi have lived in Oslo, where they've led a peaceful, largely assimilated life and raised two children. Their beloved son, Dhaqaneh, however, is driven by feelings of alienation to jihadism in Somalia, where he kills himself in a suicide attack. The couple reluctantly offers a haven to his family. But on arrival in Oslo, their daughter-in-law cloaks herself even more deeply in religion, while her children hunger for the freedoms of their new homeland, a rift that will have lifealtering consequences for the entire family.
Set against the backdrop of real events, North of Dawn is a provocative, devastating story of love, loyalty, and national identity that asks whether it is ever possible to escape a legacy of violence and if so, at what cost.
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Chapter OneGacalo wages an unrelenting campaign for several months, hoping that Mugdi will not stand in the way of Dhaqaneh's widow, Waliya, and his two stepchildren joining them in Oslo. Knowing Gacalo, she will not hesitate to recruit the support of their daughter Timiro, visiting from her home in Geneva; Kaluun, Mugdi's younger brother; their Norwegian friends Johan and Birgitta Nielsen; and Himmo, a Somali woman residing in Oslo whom Gacalo and Mugdi have grown close to and who is of the view that Gacalo should continue supporting the widow and her two children where they are, in Kenya. But Gacalo is adamant that she will not give up until Mugdi and everyone else accedes to her demand.
Inflexible, Mugdi repeatedly asks, "Why would I sponsor the wife of a son whom I forsook first and then denounced as a terrorist?"
A former ambassador in Somalia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs just before the collapse of the state structures, Mugdi is used to having his own way. It is no secret that it irritates him to see people opposing him when their rationale does not sit well with his reasoning.
The longer the standoff lasts and Gacalo makes it obvious that she won't settle for anything less than Mugdi's full public endorsement of her plan, the more everyone becomes concerned. Gacalo's inability to convince Mugdi to share her vision upsets her so much that she feels diminished, unloved, to the point that one afternoon, after yet another explosive argument, she storms out of the house, not knowing where she is going.
When she doesn't answer her mobile phone or return home for a long time, Timiro goes out in search of her mother in the two parks close by. Not finding her at either park, she telephones Birgitta, who confirms that Gacalo is with them.
On Timiro's way home from her search, she runs into Himmo, who has just alighted from the tram after a night shift at the hospital where she works as a nurse. Delighted by the
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chance encounter, the two women decide to find a caf where they might chat for a bit. Timiro explains what has brought her to this area of the city, filling Himmo in on the tension at home with regard to Waliya. She says, "The atmosphere has lately turned so toxic, I can't stand it, and I've told them so. I don't recall my parents ever rowing as much as they've done of late, or of Mum ever raising her voice in anger, except perhaps once, when I was a child."
"Oh? Were you a difficult girl?"
"It was more that I was young and obstinate, and desperately wanted a cat for a pet. Mum put her foot down, as having a pet would interfere with our weekend travels. I went behind her back, pleading with Dad, and he agreed without consulting her and arranged for the pet shop to deliver one. I had never heard her so angry as when she arrived home and saw the cat. In the end, however, Dad won the day and I got to keep it."
"Maybe it is only fair that your mother has her way this time round."
"Perhaps, but you never know with Dad, a man given to changing his mind at the very time you least expect him to."
Himmo says, "I know what you mean. But at his heart, he is such a mild-mannered man, and I feel certain that rather than continuing to disappoint your mum, he will give in."
"I hope so for both their sakes," says Timiro. "Mum broods all the time, is constantly at the office, and when she does return home, lapses into self-isolating silences. She goes to bed soon after dinner, if, that is, she is around to eat with us. She wakes up early and then goes off again. Then Dad retreats into his study to devote more time to the translation he's working on of his favorite Norwegian novel, Giants in the Earth."
Himmo predicts, "Time will come when they will both want to be on each other's good side. Don't worry. They love each other so."
"I just wish they wouldn't spoil my visit."
"Give their anger time to find its own home," says Himmo. "Your dad i
"Oh? Were you a difficult girl?"
"It was more that I was young and obstinate, and desperately wanted a cat for a pet. Mum put her foot down, as having a pet would interfere with our weekend travels. I went behind her back, pleading with Dad, and he agreed without consulting her and arranged for the pet shop to deliver one. I had never heard her so angry as when she arrived home and saw the cat. In the end, however, Dad won the day and I got to keep it."
"Maybe it is only fair that your mother has her way this time round."
"Perhaps, but you never know with Dad, a man given to changing his mind at the very time you least expect him to."
Himmo says, "I know what you mean. But at his heart, he is such a mild-mannered man, and I feel certain that rather than continuing to disappoint your mum, he will give in."
"I hope so for both their sakes," says Timiro. "Mum broods all the time, is constantly at the office, and when she does return home, lapses into self-isolating silences. She goes to bed soon after dinner, if, that is, she is around to eat with us. She wakes up early and then goes off again. Then Dad retreats into his study to devote more time to the translation he's working on of his favorite Norwegian novel, Giants in the Earth."
Himmo predicts, "Time will come when they will both want to be on each other's good side. Don't worry. They love each other so."
"I just wish they wouldn't spoil my visit."
"Give their anger time to find its own home," says Himmo. "Your dad i
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Autoren-Porträt von Nuruddin Farah
Nuruddin Farah is the author of eleven previous novels, which have been translated into more than twenty languages and won numerous awards, including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Nuruddin Farah
- 2019, 384 Seiten, Masse: 12,8 x 20,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Riverhead Books
- ISBN-10: 0735214255
- ISBN-13: 9780735214255
- Erscheinungsdatum: 06.01.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
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Praise for North of Dawn:A nuanced, quietly devastating family soap opera...Farah has been writing books for nearly half a century, his name aligned with Nadine Gordimer and Chinua Achebe. Like them, he uses the intimate as allegory for the national....Farah is a deeply sophisticated writer, his prose almost aromatic, like rich, sweet Somali tea. The New York Times Book Review
A piercing novel of the Somali diaspora... from its shock opening to its bitter end, Mr Farah shines a searching light on family unity and national identity, examining what binds and what divides. when Mr Farah s characters ring true, his novel soars. The Economist
The political becomes personal in this beautifully affecting fictional tale. O, The Oprah Magazine
Farah exempts no one from criticism, yet he denies no one sympathy; exile and opportunity, rage and love, delusion and faith are inextricable. The New Yorker
[The characters ] story, simply told, gives intimate life to experience so often framed in world-political terms. Art is a humanizer, as one character observes and as the Somali novelist clearly and deftly demonstrates, once again. Minneapolis Star Tribune
Affecting the patient clarity of Farah s storytelling makes the cultures he depicts, and the history he outlines, easily comprehensible. His characters are beautifully drawn, their psychology complex. Boston Globe
North of Dawn is a story we rarely hear, a tale concerning the terrorist s family that takes place in the long shadow of grief, shame and twisted loyalty. It s also a story pulsing with the adrenaline of our era: a toxic mix of zealotry and xenophobia. Washington Post
[A] quiet heartbreaker. Entertainment Weekly
A political novel that is also a family drama a searing, necessary story about identity, xenophobia, and family loyalty from a
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Nobel Prize nominee. Marie Claire
Powerful and timely. Real Simple
[A] resonant new novel...nuanced and compassionate. BBC
North of Dawn beautifully articulates the pervasive anxiety and nervous condition of being a migrant. The novel ponders the aftermath of terrorist acts and asks how one can build a meaningful communal life while always shadowed by the specter of violence and death. Los Angeles Review of Books
Farah s fiction turns global tensions into something more intimate and personal, and makes compelling and humanistic drama out of the most gripping issues of our time. Vol. 1 Brooklyn
At its heart, North of Dawn is about people trying to find their place within a changing world...Where many immigrant narratives center on a Western perspective by affirming the humanity of those crossing borders, Farah delves deeper. Paste Magazine
Particularly profound. LitHub
Internationally renowned and perennially rumored for a Nobel, Farah, an exile himself, explores the Somali diaspora, examining the aftermath of violence and posing questions about identity and assimilation. A timely, necessary addition to his body of work. Library Journal (starred)
As one of the characters puts it, "Art is a humanizer," and Farah's insistence on isolating the humanity in even the most difficult characters is a beacon of hope against fear and loathing. Kirkus (starred)
Farah s entire body of work has been a testament to his country s divisions and ultimate collapse in the wake of civil war in 1991 In typical Farah fashion, everyone s fate is bound together and no one is left unscathed by the ravages of extremism. --Vanity Fair
Powerful and timely. Real Simple
[A] resonant new novel...nuanced and compassionate. BBC
North of Dawn beautifully articulates the pervasive anxiety and nervous condition of being a migrant. The novel ponders the aftermath of terrorist acts and asks how one can build a meaningful communal life while always shadowed by the specter of violence and death. Los Angeles Review of Books
Farah s fiction turns global tensions into something more intimate and personal, and makes compelling and humanistic drama out of the most gripping issues of our time. Vol. 1 Brooklyn
At its heart, North of Dawn is about people trying to find their place within a changing world...Where many immigrant narratives center on a Western perspective by affirming the humanity of those crossing borders, Farah delves deeper. Paste Magazine
Particularly profound. LitHub
Internationally renowned and perennially rumored for a Nobel, Farah, an exile himself, explores the Somali diaspora, examining the aftermath of violence and posing questions about identity and assimilation. A timely, necessary addition to his body of work. Library Journal (starred)
As one of the characters puts it, "Art is a humanizer," and Farah's insistence on isolating the humanity in even the most difficult characters is a beacon of hope against fear and loathing. Kirkus (starred)
Farah s entire body of work has been a testament to his country s divisions and ultimate collapse in the wake of civil war in 1991 In typical Farah fashion, everyone s fate is bound together and no one is left unscathed by the ravages of extremism. --Vanity Fair
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