"With  Secrets,  Nuruddin  Forah solidifies  his reputation  as one
of the world's great writers. He has the painter's  perspective,
and a knowledge of the Natural world which he uses  effectively
in this novel about the beauty and the woes of modern Africa."
-ISHMAEL  REED

"Nuruddin Farah is one of the finest  contemporary  African
novelists: 
-SALMAN  RUSHDIE

"Nuruddin Farah takes us deep into territory he has
charted and mapped and made uniquely his own...
He excels in giving voice to tragedy in remote
places of the world that speak
directly  and familiarly to 
our own hearts."
-CHINUA  ACHEBE

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N U R U D D IN 

F A R AH

Winner  of  the

"Nuruddin Farah is one of the  real
interpreters of experience on our
troubled continent. His insight
goes deep, beyond events, into
the sorrows and joys, the frus-
trations and achievements of
our lives. His prose finds  the

-NADINE  GORDIMER

"widely regarded as

the mast  prestigious

international  literary

award after  the Nobel"

SECRETS  THE NEW NOVEL BY NURUDDIN  FARAH

AUTHOR  OF SHEET UNO  SOUR MILK,  ShBBMS, 

AND  CLOSE SESAME

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African  Quarterly
on  the  Arts
Vol.  2/No.  4