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This was a recommendation from an eritrean friend of mine. He spent his early life in a refugee camp in sudan following the om hajar massacre in 1976, and in his early teens he lived and studied in jeddah, saudi ara. Set in jedddah in saudi arabia it follows the story of a young immigrant man and his growing love for a young girl who has passed him a note to say she is in love with him. Its been barely two days since sulaiman addonias second novel, silence is my mother tongue, was published, so it is a real treat to read his new essay published in granta. The first edition of the novel was published in 2008, and was written by sulaiman addonia. Under a relentless summer sun, women dressed like long dark shadows and men decked out in light cotton robes roam the. In his early teens, he lived and studied in saudi arabia. The consequences of love retains at its core a rich, moving love story, not much different to so many other tales of forbidden trysts. Sulaiman addonia february 3, 2019 april 8, 2020 sulaiman addonia must be one of the few authors whose life has been as dramatic as his fiction.
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Sulaiman addonia lived and studied in saudi arabia in the 1980s. Profoundly moving, robert peston a heartbreaking and compelling memoir, red looks at the power of love and loss in shaping ones life. In the consequences of love, sulaiman addonia bravely explores the. An immigrant in an unfriendly land, his friends have fled town for cooler climes and left him to his deadend job and the scrutiny of the religious police, who keep watch through the shaded windows of their government jeeps. His debut novel, 2008s the consequences of love, was inspired by his. The consequences of love by sulaiman addonia penguin books. Pdf the consequences of love book by sulaiman addonia.
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The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 346 pages and is available in hardcover format. He spent his early life in a refugee camp in sudan, following the om hajer massacre in 1975. See all 11 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. A romeo and juliet story set against the strict muslim laws of saudi arabia, sulaiman addonias astonishing debut novel is a sensuous and intensely wrought story of. But addonia succeeds in displaying the full glory of their relationship without diluting his central indictment of a regime whose twisted values have bled it dry of anything approaching humanity. Buy the consequences of love by addonia, sulaiman from amazons fiction books store. See details the consequences of love by sulaiman addonia. The consequences of love by sulaiman addonia abebooks. We later learn that he is the illegitimate son of an eritrean woman and an ethiopian man.
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