Khadija Abdalla Bajaber The House of Rust

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"The House of Rust" is a captivating debut by Khadija Abdalla Bajaber and an enchanting story about a girl and her brave sea voyage to rescue her father. In Mombasa the Hadhrami girl, Aisha lives with her fisherman father by the sea. But one day her father doesn't return from the ocean and Aisha seeks out on a magical skeleton boat to find him. On her way she is guided by a talking scholar's cat, meets three frightening sea monsters and the father of all sharks, Baba wa Papa. When she finally rescues her father, she hopes that all will return to normal. But home again, everything turns upside down... Khadija Abdalla Bajaber won the Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize for "The House of Rust" in 2018.

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