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Dust

Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

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Dust
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

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From a breathtaking new voice, a novel about a splintered family in Kenya—a story of power and deceit, unrequited love, survival and sacrifice.
Odidi Oganda, running for his life, is gunned down in the streets of Nairobi. His grief-stricken sister, Ajany, just returned from Brazil, and their father bring his body back to their crumbling home in the Kenyan drylands, seeking some comfort and peace. But the murder has stirred memories long left untouched ...more

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Jan 07, 2014 Andrea rated it it was amazing

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Painful, somewhat dreamlike story of a family enmeshed in Kenya's traumas, past and present. Through the story of one family, Owuor examines the myths aoubt themselves and their country that Kenyans perpetuate and that keep them from facing the reality of their situation. ...more

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