A novel by a Somali-Italian author, translated from the Italian.
It portrays the life of a Somali woman who moves to Rome to become a film star, but ends up working in the porn field.
What is interesting is the portrait of Italy's engagement with Somalia and the Horn of Africa in the course of the 20th century. There is a lot of exploitative history there, and historical ugly racism that is explored in the book. Somalia was Italy's exotic East, same role as the Levant and North Africa played for France and Britain.
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