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Waberi, Abdourahman A., [date]
[Transit. English]
Transit : a novel / Abdourahman
A. Waberi ; translated by
David Ball and Nicole Ball.
p. cm. — (Global African voices)
ISBN 978-0-253-00683-7 (cloth
: alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-253-
00689-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN
978-0-253-00693-6 (e-Book)
I. Ball, David, [date] II. Ball,
Nicole, [date] III. Title.
PQ2683.A23T7313 2012
843'.914—dc23 2012016244
1 2 3 4 5 17 16 15 14 13 12
Cover illustration: Sunset behind the mountains near Djibouti.
Photo by Guenter Guni.