Sulaiman Addonia

2 months ago | publishersweekly.com | Ocean Vuong |Andy Anderegg |Sulaiman Addonia |Guadalupe Nettel

Ocean Vuong. Penguin Press, $30 (416p) ISBN 978-0-593-83187-8Poet Vuong follows up his acclaimed first novel, On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, with a searching and beautiful story of a troubled young man. “The hardest thing in the world is to live only once,” 19-year-old Hai narrates in the opening line, but there’s a dark edge to the sentiment. The reader first meets Hai on a bridge in East Gladness, Conn., where he’s about to jump to his death.

Jul 13, 2023 | internazionale.it | Sulaiman Addonia

Mia madre, che non sa né leggere né scrivere, è una delle mie influenze letterarie. Avevo tre o quattro anni quando ha abbandonato il nostro campo profughi in Sudan per andare in Arabia Saudita, affidandomi alle cure della mia nonna materna. Il vuoto che ha lasciato è diventato uno spazio per la mia creatività, spingendomi a immaginare un mondo diverso in cui c’erano lei e tutta la mia famiglia riunita.

May 26, 2023 | standaard.be | Sulaiman Addonia

Zijn moeder kan niet lezen, dus leest zij ook de boeken van haar zoon niet. Helaas, en ook gelukkig maar, denkt Sulaiman Addonia. Tot fragmenten door familie en kennissen worden vertaald. En hij na twaalf jaar zijn moeder in Soedan kan bezoeken. Mijn moeder, die niet kan lezen of schrijven, is een van mijn grote literaire invloeden. Ik was drie of vier jaar oud toen ze ons vluchtelingenkamp in Soedan inruilde voor Saudi-Arabië en me toevertrouwde ...

Apr 5, 2023 | nytimes.com | Sulaiman Addonia

What to Read Find Your Next Book Spring Fiction Preview Spring Nonfiction Preview 22 Funny Novels March Releases What to Read Find Your Next Book Spring Fiction Preview Spring Nonfiction Preview 22 Funny Novels March Releases How a language barrier can both limit and liberate. My mother, who can't read and write, is one of my literary influences. I was 3 or 4 when she left our Sudanese refugee camp for Saudi Arabia, leaving me in the care of my maternal grandmother.