Gaafar Reem
Gaafar Reem - A Mouth Full Of Salt - Hardcover
Gaafar Reem - A Mouth Full Of Salt - Hardcover
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Description: The Nile brings them life. But the Nile also takes away.1970s. A village in North Sudan is shaken by the news that a little boy has drowned. Then the village camels die of a mysterious illness; the date tree fields catch fire and burn to the ground. The women whisper rumours of a mysterious sorceress from the Nuba mountains. It is the dry season. The men have no work the women have their own troubles the children continue to play where the river runs over its own banks. For 14 - year - old Fatima escape lies in the big city of Khartoum.1950s. In Khartoum Nyamakeem is 33, a single mother making her way in a world that keeps girls and women back. Worse she's from South Sudan. As civil war swells her position in the capital becomes untenable. Nyamakeem decides to leave for the village. A Mouth Full of Salt uncovers a country teetering between centuries of tradition and seismic change
Title: A Mouth Full Of Salt
Author(s): Gaafar Reem
Publisher: Saqi Books
Barcode: 9780863567728
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 9/3/2024
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Description: The Nile brings them life. But the Nile also takes away.1970s. A village in North Sudan is shaken by the news that a little boy has drowned. Then the village camels die of a mysterious illness; the date tree fields catch fire and burn to the ground. The women whisper rumours of a mysterious sorceress from the Nuba mountains. It is the dry season. The men have no work the women have their own troubles the children continue to play where the river runs over its own banks. For 14 - year - old Fatima escape lies in the big city of Khartoum.1950s. In Khartoum Nyamakeem is 33, a single mother making her way in a world that keeps girls and women back. Worse she's from South Sudan. As civil war swells her position in the capital becomes untenable. Nyamakeem decides to leave for the village. A Mouth Full of Salt uncovers a country teetering between centuries of tradition and seismic change
Title: A Mouth Full Of Salt
Author(s): Gaafar Reem
Publisher: Saqi Books
Barcode: 9780863567728
Pages: 272 Pages
Publication Date: 9/3/2024
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction
