Nuruddin Farah is one of the real interpreters of experience in our troubled continent. His insight goes deep, beyond events. Nadine Gordimer
Winner of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature, Nuruddin Farah is one of Africa's most respected contemporary writers. "Maps" is the first novel in his acclaimed Blood in the Sun trilogy, set in his native land. Askar lost his father in the bloody war between Ethiopia and Somalia, and his mother died giving birth to him. Taken in by Misra, a kindhearted woman, he grows up in a small village. But as an adolescent, a true child of his...

With "Secrets," Nuruddin Farah solidifies his reputation as one of the world s great writers. Ishmael Reed
Set against the backdrop of the civil war in Somalia, this stunningly ambitious novel was a "Los Angeles Times Book Review" Best Fiction of the Year Selection. In Mogadiscio, the dictator is preparing to flee and clans are moving into the city, which rattles with machine gun fire. Society is collapsing under the weight of its own perversities. Unexpectedly, Kalaman, a businessman who owns a computer store, receives a visit from his childhood crush, who has returned from America to...