{"product_id":"silence-is-my-mother-tongue-paperback","title":"Silence Is My Mother Tongue - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSulaiman Addonia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA sensuous, textured novel of life in a refugee camp, long-listed for the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a hill overlooking a refugee camp in Sudan, a young man strings up bedsheets that, in an act of imaginative resilience, will serve as a screen in his silent cinema. From the cinema he can see all the comings and goings in the camp, especially those of two new arrivals: a girl named Saba, and her mute brother, Hagos. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor these siblings, adapting to life in the camp is not easy. Saba mourns the future she lost when she was forced to abandon school, while Hagos, scorned for his inability to speak, must live vicariously through his sister. Both resist societal expectations by seeking to redefine love, sex, and gender roles in their lives, and when a businessman opens a shop and befriends Hagos, they cast off those pressures and make an unconventional choice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith this cast of complex, beautifully drawn characters, Sulaiman Addonia details the textures and rhythms of everyday life in a refugee camp, and questions what it means to be an individual when one has lost all that makes a home or a future. Intimate and subversive, \u003ci\u003eSilence Is My Mother Tongue \u003c\/i\u003edissects the ways society wages war on women and explores the stories we must tell to survive in a broken, inhospitable environment.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSulaiman Addonia\u003c\/b\u003e spent his early life in a refugee camp and went on to earn an MA from the University of London. His novel \u003ci\u003eThe Consequences of Love\u003c\/i\u003e was short-listed for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and has been translated into more than twenty languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769221349664,"sku":"9781644450338","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3ddbf5d28c5ab24c9987dfe0fdabc848.webp?v=1780343895","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/silence-is-my-mother-tongue-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}