"Utterly sublime."--Maaza Mengiste, author ofBeneath the Lion's Gaze Adua, an immigrant from Somalia to Italy, has lived in Rome for nearly forty years. She came seeking freedom from a strict father and an oppressive regime, but her dreams of becoming a film star ended in shame. Now that the civil w
Adua
✍ Scribed by Igiaba Scego
- Publisher
- Giunti
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- Italian
- Weight
- 93 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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