With Secrets, Nuruddin Farah solidifies his reputation as one 
of the world's great writers. He has the painter's perspective, 
and a knowledge of the Natural woVId which he uses effectively 
in this novel about the beauty and the woes of modern Africa." 
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 ACHEDE
secrets 
N U R U D D I N F A R A 
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 frustrations 
and achievements of 
our lives. His prose finds the 
poetry that is there." 
-NADINE GORDIMER 
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on the Arts 
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-ISHNAEL REED 
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Winner of the 
1998Neustadt 
national Prize 
Literature 
"widely raearfcd os 
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international literary 
ward after the NobtT