Adua - Paperback
Adua - Paperback
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by Igiaba Scego (Author), Jamie Richards (Translator)
A searing novel about a young immigrant woman's dream of freedom in Rome and the legacies of her African past.
Author Biography
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.