The Youth of God

By Hassan Ghedi Santur

Longlisted for Canada Reads, 2020
Finalist for the Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing, 2019

The Youth of God tells the story of Nuur, a sensitive and academically gifted seventeen-year-old boy growing up in Toronto's Somali neighbourhood, as he negotiates perilously between the calling of his faith and his intellectual ambitions. Trying to influence him are a radical Muslim imam and a book-loving, dedicated teacher who shares his background. In its telling, this novel reveals the alienated lives of Somali youth in an environment riddled with crime and unemployment, while still in the grip of bitter memories of a home left behind. This intensely moving novel is also a powerful allegory of the struggle for the soul of Islam in modern times.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1988449731
• ISBN13: 9781988449739
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"