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The Somali novelist, Nuruddin Farah, is one of the most important African writers today. The central question that this book investigates is the relationship between modern identity and the novel as a genre. Nuruddin Farah's novels are shown by Moolla to encompass the history of the novel: from the 'proto-realism' of the acclaimed From a Crooked Rib to the modernism of A Naked Needle and the postmodernism of, most notably, Maps, returning almost full circle with his most recent novel Crossbones. Moolla examines his writing within the framework of Somali society and culture, Islamic traditions and political contexts, all of which are central themesin his novels. She also addresses his engagement with women's lives - his female characters and identities being at the heart of, rather than peripheral, to his stories - something that has always distinguished Farah from many other male African writers. The book finally suggests that through his literary negotiation of the central contradiction of modern identity, Farah comes close to constituting a subject who no longer is transcendentally 'homeless', but finds a home 'everywhere' - a fitting project for a writer who has been in exile for the greater part of his life. F. Fiona Moolla is a lecturer in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Western Cape in SouthAfrica as well as freelance writer and published author of short stories and novels.

Postmodernism (Literature) --- Literary movements --- Literature, Modern --- Farah, Nuruddin, --- Nuruddin Farah, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Somalia --- J.D.S. (Jamhuuriyadda Dimoqraadiga Soomaaliya) --- Jamhuriyadda Dimugradiga ee Soomaaliya --- Jamhuuriyadda Dheegcabayaasha Cilmila'anta --- Jamhuuriyadda Dimoqraadiga Soomaaliya --- Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraadiga Soomaaliya --- Jamhuuriyadda Dimuqraatiga Soomaaliya --- JDS (Jamhuuriyadda Dimoqraadiga Soomaaliya) --- Jumhuriyadda Dimuqradika Somaliya --- Jumhūrīyat al-Ṣūmāl al-Dīmuqrāṭīyah --- Jumhūriyyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl --- Repubblica democratica somala --- Repubblica somala --- République Démocratique de Somalie --- S.D.R. --- SDR --- Somali Democratic Republic --- Somali Republic --- Soomaaliya --- Ṣūmāl --- British Somaliland --- Italian Somaliland --- Somaliland (Secessionist government, 1991- ) --- In literature. --- Politics and literature --- Literature --- Literature and politics --- Political aspects --- African Writers. --- African writers. --- F. Fiona Moolla. --- Female Characters. --- Islamic Traditions. --- Islamic traditions. --- Modern Identity. --- Nuruddin Farah. --- Reading Nuruddin Farah: The individual, the novel & the idea of home. --- Somali Novelist. --- Somali society. --- exile. --- female characters. --- modern identity. --- political contexts.