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Author:

Bajaber, Khadija Abdalla, author.

Title:

The house of rust : a novel / Khadija Abdalla Bajaber.

Publisher:

Graywolf Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

258 pages ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
Missing persons--Fiction.
Imaginary wars and battles--Fiction.
Cats--Fiction.
Monsters--Fiction.
Mombasa (Kenya)--Fiction.
Kenya--Fiction.
Fantasy fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Magic realist fiction.

Summary:

"When Aisha's fisherman father goes missing, she takes to the sea on a skeleton boat to rescue him. Guided by a talking scholar's cat, who sparks her interest in the mysterious House of Rust, she encounters three monsters hidden beneath the waves. All Aisha wants is for things to return to normal. But a showdown with the father of all sharks looms, and at home, things only grow stranger"--Page 4 of cover.

ISBN:

9781644450680
1644450682

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1277045863

LCCN:

2020951327

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

GNPB062 -- Newhall Public Library (Newhall)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

ZVPB675 -- Whiting Public Library (Whiting)