A Mouth Full of Salt
by
Reem Gaafar
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Saqi Bookshelf
ISBN-10
086356772X
ISBN-13
9780863567728
Publisher
Saqi Books
Imprint
Saqi Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 9th, 2024
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
368 grams
Dimensions
14.50 x 22.40 x 2.90 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Ksh 2,700.00
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A Mouth Full of Salt uncovers a country on the brink of seismic change as its women decide for themselves which traditions are fit for purposeand which prophecies it’s time to rewrite.
The Nile brings them life. But the Nile also takes away.1970s. A village in North Sudan is shaken by the news that a little boy has drowned. Then the village camels die of a mysterious illness; the date tree fields catch fire and burn to the ground. The women whisper rumours of a mysterious sorceress from the Nuba mountains. It is the dry season. The men have no work, the women have their own troubles, the children continue to play where the river runs over its own banks. For 14-year-old Fatima escape lies in the big city of Khartoum.1950s. In Khartoum, Nyamakeem is 33, a single mother making her way in a world that keeps girls and women back. Worse, she’s from South Sudan. As civil war swells, her position in the capital becomes untenable. Nyamakeem decides to leave for the village.A Mouth Full of Salt uncovers a country teetering between centuries of tradition and seismic change,
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