Nuruddin Farah's Reading List

The author of Hiding in Plain Sight wasn't much of a reader as a child: Books were hard to come by where I grew up, but also because there were no books for children in those days.

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By the Book: Nuruddin Farah (2014)

NYT By the Book column (2014-11-13).

Source: www.nytimes.com

In the Castle of My Skin

George Lamming · Buy on Amazon

"I have most recently reread a truly great novel, In the Castle of My Skin."

Clan Cleansing in Somalia

Lidwien Kapteijns · Buy on Amazon

"The best book about recent events in Somalia is undoubtedly Clan Cleansing in Somalia, by Lidwien Kapteijns, a must-read for anyone wanting to unravel the complicated nature of our civil war."

A Thousand and One Nights

Unknown · Buy on Amazon

"I had to read what I could find. That way, I read and reread A Thousand and One Nights many times."

A Doll's House

Henrik Ibsen · Buy on Amazon

"I would say that reading Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House just as I embarked on writing my first novel made me the writer, the person, I am at present."

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