{"product_id":"secrets-a-novelvolume-3-9781628725872","title":"Secrets: A Novelvolume 3","description":"\"With \u003ci\u003eSecrets\u003c\/i\u003e, Nuruddin Farah solidifies his reputation as one of the world's great writers.\"--Ishmael Reed \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against the backdrop of the civil war in Somalia, this stunningly ambitious novel was a \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 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 take him up on an old pledge--and have his child. The arrival of his house guest pulls Kalaman back into a past he thought he had escaped, rife with doubts and secrets that go deep into his heritage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a dazzling display of storytelling genius, Nuruddin Farah weaves together myth and magic, shape shifters and tribal wisdom, frank sexuality and lyrical prose as Kalaman revisits his own coming of age story and finds the heartbreaking tale of his famliy's lost innocence amid the ravages of authoritarianism. With Secrets, the culmination of his Blood in the Sun trilogy, Farah draws readers through the rifts that have torn across Somali society and into the culture and mindset of his troubled country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSkyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction--novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNuruddin Farah\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1945 in Baidoa, Somalia. He is the author of numerous novels, novellas, short stories, and plays. His novels include \u003ci\u003eHiding in Plain Sight\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCrossbones\u003c\/i\u003e, and his trilogies \u003ci\u003eVariations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlood in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, which comprises \u003ci\u003eMaps\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGifts\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eSecrets\u003c\/i\u003e. After the publication of \u003ci\u003eSweet and Sour Milk\u003c\/i\u003e in 1979, Farah became persona non grata in Somalia and served a self-imposed exile of more than twenty years, before he was permitted to visit in 1996. His novels have been translated into many languages and have won numerous international awards. Farah was named the 1998 laureate of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature. He now divides his time between Cape Town, South Africa and Annandale, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779428090130,"sku":"9781628725872","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f2c3c511-2c18-406b-b7d2-a263bb34f6e4.jpg?v=1765370705","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/secrets-a-novelvolume-3-9781628725872","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}