num_pages: 256
description: Gifts is a beguiling tale of a Somali family, its strong matriarch, Duniya, and its past wounds that refuse to heal. As the story unfolds, Somalia is ravaged by war, drought, disease, and famine, prompting industrialized nations to offer monetary aid—"gifts" to the so-called Third World. Farah weaves these threads together into a tapestry of dreams, memories, family lore, folktales, and journalistic accounts.
language: English
title: Gifts
titlecomplete: Gifts
genres: Fiction, African Literature, Somalia, Literature, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Africa, Post Colonial
ratings_count: 331
series: Blood in the Sun 
publisher: Penguin Books