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    North of Dawn: A Novel
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    North of Dawn: A Novel

    Written by Nuruddin Farah

    Narrated by Sam Dastor

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A couple's tranquil life abroad is irrevocably transformed by the arrival of their son's widow and children, in the latest from Somalia's most celebrated novelist.

    For decades, Gacalo and Mugdi have lived in Oslo, where they've led a peaceful, largely assimilated life and raised two children. Their beloved son, Dhaqaneh, however, is driven by feelings of alienation to jihadism in Somalia, where he kills himself in a suicide attack. The couple reluctantly offers a haven to his family. But on arrival in Oslo, their daughter-in-law cloaks herself even more deeply in religion, while her children hunger for the freedoms of their new homeland, a rift that will have lifealtering consequences for the entire family.

    Set against the backdrop of real events, North of Dawn is a provocative, devastating story of love, loyalty, and national identity that asks whether it is ever possible to escape a legacy of violence—and if so, at what cost.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateDec 4, 2018
    ISBN9780525640578
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    • 5/5
      Realistic, great heart- rending descriptions of the human turmoil of immigrants around the world.
    • 3/5
      The book is just a little slow. About half the content could have been lost without it affecting the storyline. That said it gave me insight into the emotional trauma immigrants go through in Europe. In this case Somalians in Denmark. At times I liked the author’s voice and appreciated the detail in which events, things and contexts are described, but the repetition of information eventually got tedious. I also did not like the voice of the narrator. It did not suit the story and mispronounced all the Danish and I assume Somalian words.