Literary work
- narrative, novel
Author
Publisher
Bompiani
City
Milano
Language
Italian
ISBN code
9788830109230
Pages number
368
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Intergenerational memoir structured as a letter from Scego to his niece, Soraya, Cassandra in Mogadiscio recounts the historical turmoil of twentieth-century Somalia through the private affairs of a family. The linguistic component is essential: Scego mixes Italian with the sounds of Somali, in an expressive creolization that stages the compromises of trauma and diaspora. The female body acts as a pivot of the plot and as a projection of political determinisms and cultural wills to demystify and deconstruct.