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.
“The language is brilliant; pages overflow with fresh ideas and colorful descriptions … The story is compelling, of course, but it is the language, my god the language that does the gripping. It is Mairal’s descriptions—so vivid, so rich and exact—that make this book so enchanting a read.”
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The Coffin Factory
Igiaba Scego
