The Resource The dragonfly sea : a novel, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
The dragonfly sea : a novel, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
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The item The dragonfly sea : a novel, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Spokane Public Library.
- Summary
- "From the award-winning author of Dust comes a vibrant, stunningly global novel about a young woman struggling to find her place--a poignant exploration of fate, mortality, love, and loss. On the small island of Pate, off the coast of Kenya, lives a girl named Ayaana. She is solitary and stubborn--she and her mother, Munira, are outcasts from the insular local society--and her kitten is her main companion. When a wizened sailor named Muhidin, also an outsider, enters their lives, Ayaana receives what she has long hoped for: a father. But this makeshift family's happiness crumbles as Ayaana grows into adulthood and the threats against her begin to mount: from an Islamic extremist, from the black-clad strangers who kidnap Muhidin's son, from a human trafficker, from the simmering resentments of those around her. So when a contingent of cultural emissaries from China invite Ayaana abroad, she embarks on a dramatic ship's journey to the Far East, where she will make friends and enemies; be seduced by the mercurial scion of a powerful Turkish business family; be initiated into a world of intrigue and passion and high stakes; and, at last, find understanding where she least expects it. Her one constant remains her devotion to the sea, which pulls her across the globe in search of a place where she can love and be loved. The Dragonfly Sea is a transcendent, gloriously told story of adventure, fraught choices, and of the inexorable need for shelter in a dangerous world"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 489 pages
- Isbn
- 9780451494047
- Label
- The dragonfly sea : a novel
- Title
- The dragonfly sea
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From the award-winning author of Dust comes a vibrant, stunningly global novel about a young woman struggling to find her place--a poignant exploration of fate, mortality, love, and loss. On the small island of Pate, off the coast of Kenya, lives a girl named Ayaana. She is solitary and stubborn--she and her mother, Munira, are outcasts from the insular local society--and her kitten is her main companion. When a wizened sailor named Muhidin, also an outsider, enters their lives, Ayaana receives what she has long hoped for: a father. But this makeshift family's happiness crumbles as Ayaana grows into adulthood and the threats against her begin to mount: from an Islamic extremist, from the black-clad strangers who kidnap Muhidin's son, from a human trafficker, from the simmering resentments of those around her. So when a contingent of cultural emissaries from China invite Ayaana abroad, she embarks on a dramatic ship's journey to the Far East, where she will make friends and enemies; be seduced by the mercurial scion of a powerful Turkish business family; be initiated into a world of intrigue and passion and high stakes; and, at last, find understanding where she least expects it. Her one constant remains her devotion to the sea, which pulls her across the globe in search of a place where she can love and be loved. The Dragonfly Sea is a transcendent, gloriously told story of adventure, fraught choices, and of the inexorable need for shelter in a dangerous world"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- Owuor, Yvonne Adhiambo
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Kenya
- Kenya
- Label
- The dragonfly sea : a novel, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 489 pages
- Isbn
- 9780451494047
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2018020711
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- 2018020711
- 673850
- Label
- The dragonfly sea : a novel, Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 489 pages
- Isbn
- 9780451494047
- Isbn Type
- (hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2018020711
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- 2018020711
- 673850
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