The lion's binding oath and other stories
By: by Ahmed Ismail Yusuf
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781946395078
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Fiction; Somalis; Civil war; History
Description: "Religious and ethnic conflict may be the Horn of Africa's most enduring recent legacy. But beneath its recent history of war and displacement lies human stories--families, clans, lovers, neighbors, and friends, all bound together through common cultural, religious, and historical ties. The Lion's Binding Oath, Ahmed Ismail Yusuf's collection of short stories, introduces readers to the people of Somalia and their struggles: their humanity, faith, identity, friendship, and family bonds, as whispers of war grow louder around them. Through stories that span the years before and during Somali's civil war, Yusuf weaves together Somalia's political, social, and religious conflicts with portrayals of the country's love of poetry, music, and soccer. Yusuf's collection is a powerful examination of love and resilience in a country torn apart by war, and written with deep compassion for the lives of its characters."--Amazon.com.
Table of contents: title: A slow moving night --; title: The Mayxaano chronicles --; title: A man of means --; title: Don't lose --; title: A thorn in the sole --; title: A whip of words --; title: Dissonance --; title: The vulture has landed --; title: A delicate hope --; title: The lion's binding oath.