num_pages: 272
description: Winner of the Neustadt International Prize for LiteratureFarah's landmark Variations on the Theme of an African Dictatorship trilogy is comprised by the novels Sweet and Sour Milk, Sardines, and Close Sesame. In this volume, the second of the three, a woman loses her job as editor of the national newspaper and then finds her efforts to instill her daughter with a sense of dignity and independence threatened by an oppressive government and the traditions of conservative Islam.Sardines brilliantly combines a social commentary on life under a dictatorship with a compassionate exploration of African feminist issues.
language: English
title: Sardines
titlecomplete: Sardines
genres: Somalia, Africa, African Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 84
series: Variations on the Theme of An African Dictatorship
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Sister Mariella Gable Prize
publisher: Graywolf Press