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The shadow king : a novel
Maaza Mengiste (Author)
ISBN 9780393083569 · inbunden
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New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2019, [2019]428 sidor
Maaza Mengiste
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"In 1935, orphaned servant Hirut struggles to adapt to her new household as Ethiopia faces Mussolini's looming invasion. As the battles begin in earnest, Hirut and other women must care for the wounded. But when Emperor Haile Selassie goes into exile and Ethiopia is about to lose hope, Hirut helps to disguise a gentle peasant as the emperor to keep the fight alive. She becomes his guard, inspiring women to join the war against fascism. In this extraordinary, beautifully told epic, Hirut overcomes rape, violence, and imprisonment, finding the strength to fight for her country's freedom and her own. Maaza Mengiste breathes life into complicated characters on both sides of the battle line, shaping a searing story of ordinary women and the advanced army they courageously opposed. Set against the first real conflict of World War II, The Shadow King is a heartrending, indelible exploration of what it means to be a woman at war"
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Maaza Mengiste (Author)Identifier
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Maaza MengisteEdition statement
First editionpublication
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2019, [2019]copyright
©2019Extent
428 sidorNote
- Originalupplaga 2019
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25 cmcontrol number
kv758w72hrc1sj69 Library specific information (holding)
Nordiska Afrikainstitutets bibliotek · Biblioteket (Afr)
SubjectEthiopia, Novels, Fiction, Women authors, Authors, Ethiopia
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