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Addis Ababa Noir

Maaza Mengiste (Editor)
LCCN 2019943614, ISBN 9781617758201 · (trade paperback)
publication
Brooklyn : Akashic Books, 2020
243 pages
Series membership
Akashic noir series
edited by Maaza Mengiste
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Non-fiction literature
Subject
Etiopien--Addis Abeba, Etiopien
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Summary

"Addis Ababa (simply "Addis" to locals), considered by some to be the original home of humankind, is a sprawling melting pot of cultures where rich and poor live side by side in relative harmony-until they don't. Maaza Mengiste's award-winning fiction and nonfiction have consistently reflected the lives of Ethiopia's everyday people, against the backdrop of migration, war, and exile. Here, in this masterfully edited collection showcasing the country's finest literary talent, Mengiste brings this same razor-sharp sensibility to her city of birth, pulling back the curtain on despair and depravity, offering an intimate glimpse into the raw, beating heart of Addis Ababa. Addis Ababa Noir feature brand-new stories by: Maaza Mengiste, Adam Reta, Mahtem Shiferraw, Linda Yohannes, Sulaiman Addonia, Meron Hadero, Mikael Awake, Lelissa Girma, Rebecca Fisseha, Solomon Hailemariam, Girma Fantaye, Teferi Nigussie Tafa, Hannah Giorgis, and Bewketu Seyoum"--

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Part I : Past hauntings -- Kind stranger (Lideta) / Meron Hadero -- A double-edged inheritance (Shiromeda) / Hannah Giorgis -- Ostrich (National Palace) / Rebecca Fisseha -- Dust, ash, flight (Mercato) / Maaza Mengiste -- Part II : Translations of grief -- Father bread (Kechené) / Mikael Awake -- The blue shadow (Yerer Ber) / Mahtem Shiferraw -- A night in Bela Sefer (Bela Sefer) / Sulaiman Addonia -- Part III : Madness descends -- Insomnia (Haya Hulet) / Lelissa Girma -- Of the poet and the café (Beherawi Theater) / Girma T. Fantaye -- Under the minibus ceiling (Arat Kilo) / Bewketu Seyoum -- Of buns and howls (Addis Ababa West) / Adam Reta -- Part IV: Police and thieves -- Kebele ID (CMC) / Linda Yohannes -- None of your business (French Legation) / Solomon Hailemariam -- Agony of the congested heart (Meskel Square) / Teferi Nigussie Tafa

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Contributor and role
Maaza Mengiste (Editor)
Identifier
LCCN 2019943614, ISBN 9781617758201 · (trade paperback)
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ISBN 9781617758270
Title resource
Addis Ababa Noir
Creative responsibility statement
edited by Maaza Mengiste
publication
Brooklyn : Akashic Books, 2020
Extent
243 pages
Series membership
Akashic noir series
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gtd46mzzdwmcr3bd

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  • Nordiska Afrikainstitutets bibliotek · Biblioteket (Afr)

    Subject
    Ethiopia--Addis Ababa, Towns, Fiction, Short stories, Authors, Ethiopia, Crime, Urban population

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