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The male protagonist one of this author's novels begins to menstruate because he envies women's periods, horrifying his uncle Hilaal. In this man's first novel, Ebla takes Tiffo as her second husband after seeing a picture of her first husband embracing an Italian woman on the beach. This author wrote a novel with first, second, and third-person narrators that focuses on (*) Askar's relationship with his adoptive mother Misra. This author of From a Crooked Rib wrote Gifts and Secrets, two portions of his Blood in the Sun trilogy, as well as Variations on a Theme of an African Dictatorship, which attacks the Siad Barre regime. For 10 points, name this author of Maps, a Somali novelist.
The male protagonist one of this author's novels begins to menstruate because he envies women's periods, horrifying his uncle Hilaal.
Nuruddin Farah