A review by kathleenitpdx
Knots by Nuruddin Farah

3.0

A Somali woman whose only child has died and whose marriage has disintegrated returns to Somalia to try to wrest a family property from a war lord and to try to find some direction to her life. An interesting story but not necessarily well told. At first I thought the fact that Cambara was jet-lagged explained the disjointed narrative but the book continued that way. Sometimes I attributed it to the poor editing--extra words, sentences out of order but I think it was also the author's style.
The editing is so poor that both the front and back covers say that a readers' guide is in the book and there isn't one in my copy of the book.