Beyond Babylon
by Igiaba Scego
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Description
- Introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri, serialized in the New York Times Book Review Daily; interview about Beyond Babylon with Lahiri appeared in NYTBR Newsletter
- A kaleidoscopic novel probing citizens' complicity with and struggle again right-wing, authoritarian politics in three nations that suffered fascism: Italy, Argentina, and Somalia
- A big, meaty, masterful novel equally adept at dissecting the lives of nations as those of human beings
- Anchored by the engrossing lives of two half-sisters who meet coincidentally in Tunisia, it sensitively examines the family dynamics of them, their mothers, and the elusive father who ties all their stories together
- Engages hot-button issues of fear-based politics, repressive governments, sexual assault, and trauma
- "Scego belongs to a group of contemporary authors of African descent who have been articulating fraught dynamics of belonging to Italian society and literature." - Public Books
- Scego's essay on the "tampon tax" has been credited with changing tax law in EU nations (available here: https://www.massreview.org/node/794 )
- A kaleidoscopic novel probing citizens' complicity with and struggle again right-wing, authoritarian politics in three nations that suffered fascism: Italy, Argentina, and Somalia
- A big, meaty, masterful novel equally adept at dissecting the lives of nations as those of human beings
- Anchored by the engrossing lives of two half-sisters who meet coincidentally in Tunisia, it sensitively examines the family dynamics of them, their mothers, and the elusive father who ties all their stories together
- Engages hot-button issues of fear-based politics, repressive governments, sexual assault, and trauma
- "Scego belongs to a group of contemporary authors of African descent who have been articulating fraught dynamics of belonging to Italian society and literature." - Public Books
- Scego's essay on the "tampon tax" has been credited with changing tax law in EU nations (available here: https://www.massreview.org/node/794 )
Book Information
Main Genre
Historical Novels
Sub Genre
N/A
Format
Hardback
Pages
464
Price
22.00 €
Description
- Introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri, serialized in the New York Times Book Review Daily; interview about Beyond Babylon with Lahiri appeared in NYTBR Newsletter
- A kaleidoscopic novel probing citizens' complicity with and struggle again right-wing, authoritarian politics in three nations that suffered fascism: Italy, Argentina, and Somalia
- A big, meaty, masterful novel equally adept at dissecting the lives of nations as those of human beings
- Anchored by the engrossing lives of two half-sisters who meet coincidentally in Tunisia, it sensitively examines the family dynamics of them, their mothers, and the elusive father who ties all their stories together
- Engages hot-button issues of fear-based politics, repressive governments, sexual assault, and trauma
- "Scego belongs to a group of contemporary authors of African descent who have been articulating fraught dynamics of belonging to Italian society and literature." - Public Books
- Scego's essay on the "tampon tax" has been credited with changing tax law in EU nations (available here: https://www.massreview.org/node/794 )
- A kaleidoscopic novel probing citizens' complicity with and struggle again right-wing, authoritarian politics in three nations that suffered fascism: Italy, Argentina, and Somalia
- A big, meaty, masterful novel equally adept at dissecting the lives of nations as those of human beings
- Anchored by the engrossing lives of two half-sisters who meet coincidentally in Tunisia, it sensitively examines the family dynamics of them, their mothers, and the elusive father who ties all their stories together
- Engages hot-button issues of fear-based politics, repressive governments, sexual assault, and trauma
- "Scego belongs to a group of contemporary authors of African descent who have been articulating fraught dynamics of belonging to Italian society and literature." - Public Books
- Scego's essay on the "tampon tax" has been credited with changing tax law in EU nations (available here: https://www.massreview.org/node/794 )
Book Information
Main Genre
Historical Novels
Sub Genre
N/A
Format
Hardback
Pages
464
Price
22.00 €