{"product_id":"9780956971944","title":"Fairytales for Lost Children","description":"FAIRYTALES FOR LOST CHILDREN is narrated by people constantly on the \u003cp\u003everge of self-revelation. These characters - young, gay and lesbian \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomalis - must navigate the complexities of family, identity and the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimmigrant experience as they tumble towards freedom. Set in Kenya, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomalia and South London, these stories are imbued with pathos, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epassion and linguistic playfulness, marking the arrival of a singular \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enew voice in contemporary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for FAIRYTALES FOR LOST CHILDREN:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Fantastic writing. I am most highly impressed. I've read some of the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estories more than once and saw in each of them plenty of talent \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeverywhere - in every sinew and vein.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- NURUDDIN FARAH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'There is nothing more humbling than good writing except when the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eauthor is fiercely beautiful and ferociously generous of heart. That \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiriye Osman should possess so much talent is only fair in light of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis goodness. Read this book.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-The characters in these fairy tales are displaced in multiple, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecomplicated ways. But Osman's storytelling creates a shelter for them; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea warm place which is both real and imaginary, in which they find \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epolitical, sexual, and ultimately psychic liberation.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- ALISON BECHDEL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'East Africa. South London. Queer. Displaced. Mentally Ill. My \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexcitement over Osman and his writing comes, in part, out of delight \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eat the impossibility of categorisation.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- ELLAH ALLFREY The Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"angelica entertainment ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49785618530544,"sku":"9780956971944","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780956971944","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}