{"product_id":"the-house-of-rust-9781644450680","title":"The House of Rust","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first Graywolf Press African Fiction Prize winner, a story of a girl's fantastical sea voyage to rescue her father\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe House of Rust \u003c\/i\u003eis an enchanting novel about a Hadrami girl in Mombasa. When her fisherman father goes missing, Aisha takes to the sea on a magical boat made of a skeleton to rescue him. She is guided by a talking scholar's cat (and soon crows, goats, and other animals all have their say, too). On this journey Aisha meets three terrifying sea monsters. After she survives a final confrontation with Baba wa Papa, the father of all sharks, she rescues her own father, and hopes that life will return to normal. But at home, things only grow stranger. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKhadija Abdalla Bajaber's debut is a magical realist coming-of-age tale told through the lens of the Swahili and diasporic Hadrami culture in Mombasa, Kenya. Richly descriptive and written with an imaginative hand and sharp eye for unusual detail, \u003ci\u003eThe House of Rust \u003c\/i\u003eis a memorable novel by a thrilling new voice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644450680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2021 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/30\/2021\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Khadija Abdalla Bajaber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41072064790709,"sku":"9781644450680","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_60e5852f-c7aa-490d-a397-0d495365613c.jpg?v=1632234378","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-house-of-rust-9781644450680","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}