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From a Crooked Rib: A Novel by Nuruddin Farah is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is From a Crooked Rib: A Novel about?

(plot): From a Crooked Rib is the story of Ebla, a young women who flees her nomadic life in the Ogaden after her grandfather offers her in marriage to an old man in exchange for some camels. She takes refuge with a cousin in a nearby town, only to discover that he intends to settle his debts by marrying her to a local broker. Ebla flees again, travelling to Mogadishu with an educated young man named Awill. On finding Awill is having an affair, she then takes a second husband, who in turn treats her like a prostitute. By the end of the story Ebla realises that women are treated as little more than cattle in the countryside and no better in the city. She decides that she must act in her own interest and becomes a prostitute. The novel ends with Ebla discovering she is pregnant without knowing who the father is.

Who reads From a Crooked Rib: A Novel?

Author

Nuruddin Farah

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Published

1970

Language

EN

ISBN

9780143037262

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Thriller, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.74 / 5 (533 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14