Author will do U.S. tour and will have resident fellowship in New York at time of publication so will be available for interviews and media appearances. Igiaba Scego speaks fluent English and is highly telegenic.
Igiaba Scego is an Italian novelist and journalist. She was born in
Rome in 1974 to Somali parents who took refuge in Italy following a
coup d’état in their native country, where her father served as
foreign minister.
Jamie Richards is a translator based in Milan. She holds an MFA in
Literary Translation from the University of Iowa and a PhD in
Comparative Literature from the University of Oregon. Her
translations include Igort’s Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks,
Giovanni Orelli’s Walaschek’s Dream, and Jellyfish by Giancarlo
Pastore.
"The Italian-born daughter of Somali parents, Scego ... writes with
forthright simplicity and unblinking honesty ... Bearing witness
through fiction, Scego's Adua gives urgent voice to the silent
caught between shifting loyalties, abusive power, and nations at
war. "—The Christian Science Monitor
"Lovely prose and memorable characters make this novel a
thought-provoking and moving consideration of the wreckage of
European oppression."—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"Lucid and forthright ... examines the linked consequences of
Italian colonization, instability in 1970s Somalia, and the current
refugee crisis in Europe ... an illuminating work appropriate for a
wide range of readers.—Library Journal (Starred Review)
"A memorable, affecting tale ... brings the decolonialization of
Africa to life ... all the more affecting for being told without
sentimentality or self-pity."—Foreword Reviews
"Utterly sublime. Igiaba Scego strikes the perfect balance between
melancholy humor and simmering rage. Adua tells a gripping story of
war, migration and family, exposing us to the pain and hope that
reside in each encounter."—Maaza Mengiste, author of Beneath the
Lion's Gaze
"I could not put down this enchanting novel; its characters pulsate
off the page, fraught with the entanglements of living ... You read
books everyday and then you come across that one that just grips
you and haunts you and stays with you. That book is called
Adua."—Novuyo Rosa Tshuma, author of The House of Stone and
Shadows
"The story of Italian fascism in East Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia,
Eritrea) has mostly been unrecorded. The novel skillfully draws
together the changing aspects of colonialism over a period of more
than a century."—CounterPunch
"Adua is a riveting novel that ... will captivate you at every
page. Its urgent relevancy makes it a must-read for those who want
to further understand our world."—Underrated Reads
"Deeply and thoroughly researched ... also a captivating read: the
novel is sweeping in its geographical and temporal scope, yet Scego
nonetheless renders her complex protagonists richly and
lovingly."—Africa is a Country
"Igiaba Scego is an original voice who connects Italy's present
with its colonial past. Adua is an important novel that obliges the
country to confront both memory and truth."—Amara Lakhous, author
of Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio
"This book depicts the soul and the body of a daughter and a
father, illuminating words that are used every day and swiftly
emptied of meaning: migrants, diaspora, refugees, separation, hope,
humiliation, death."—Panorama
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