Synopses & Reviews
In Adé, a free-spirited American woman and a Swahili Muslim man fall in love on the exquisite island of Lamu, off the coast of Kenya. There, they create their own paradise: living in a traditional small white house and creating their private language of intimacy. After an intense courtship, Adé asks for Faridas hand in marriage. But when Adé and Farida are forced to leave the island in preparation for their wedding, Farida is faced by the unsettling and often violent realities of life on the mainland. And just as the Persian Gulf War begins, Farida succumbs to a disease that almost kills her, and alters her relationship with Adé forever. A transcendent love story turned tale of survival, Adé explores what happens when one couples private idyll is interrupted by a world in the throes of massive upheaval.
Synopsis
Named one of Time magazine's most influential leaders of her generation, celebrated writer Rebecca Walker delivers her stunning debut noveland#8212;a heartbreaking, unforgettable love story in the tradition of Julian Barnes's The Sense of an Ending and Marguerite Duras's The Lover.
Synopsis
In this stunning debut novella, Rebecca Walker turns her attention to the power of love and the limitations of the human heart. When Farida, a sophisticated college student, falls in love with Adand#233;, a young Swahili man living on an idyllic island off the coast of Kenya, the two plan to marry and envision a simple life togetherand#8212;free of worldly possessions and concerns. But when Farida contracts malaria and finds herself caught in the middle of a civil war, reality crashes in around them. The loversand#8217; solitude is interrupted by a world in the throes of massive upheaval that threatens to tear them apart, along with all they cherish.
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Haunting, exquisite, and certain to become a classic, Adand#233; will stay with you long after you put it down. This is a timeless love story set perfectly, heartbreakingly, in our time.
About the Author
REBECCA WALKERandnbsp;is the author of the best-selling memoirs Black, White and Jewish and Baby Love, and editor of the anthology Black Cool.