"Nuruddin Farah is one of the finest contemporary African
novelists." Salman Rushdie The second novel in Nuruddin Farah's
Blood in the Sun trilogy, Gifts is the beguiling tale of a Somali
family and the struggles of its powerful matriarch to keep it
whole. Duniya is a single mother, raising twins while working as a
nurse in a Mogadiscio hospital. Her self-sufficient world is rocked
when her rebellious daughter brings home a mysterious foundling
infant. And when Duniya accepts a ride to work from a wealthy,
romantically interested family friend, her whole life is turned
upside down. Meanwhile, the hospital where she works is besieged by
a desperate population ravaged by war, drought, disease, and
famine. Western relief agencies have invaded Somalia with their
charity, and some Somalis chafe at tainted goods and the burden of
debts they can never hope to repay. With lyrical, luxuriant prose,
Farah weaves a spellbinding tapestry of reportage, dreams, memory,
folktales, and family lore. In his hands, Duniya's tale becomes
emblematic of the struggles of an entire people. Skyhorse
Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints,
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