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The Shadow King

Nominiert: The Booker Prize, 2020. Nominiert: HWA Gold Crown, 2020 - Print PDF
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
448 Seiten
Englisch
Canongate Bookserschienen am13.08.2020Main
Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2020, this is an utterly captivating novel about female strength. Set during Mussolini's 1935 invasion of Ethiopia, The Shadow King casts a light on the women soldiers written out of African historymehr
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KlappentextShortlisted for the Booker Prize 2020, this is an utterly captivating novel about female strength. Set during Mussolini's 1935 invasion of Ethiopia, The Shadow King casts a light on the women soldiers written out of African history
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-83885-117-0
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2020
Erscheinungsdatum13.08.2020
Erstverkaufstag01.09.2020
AuflageMain
Seiten448 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht316 g
Artikel-Nr.55438338
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GenreRomane Taschenbuch

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A beautifully crafted account of the female soldiers resisting Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 and their own oppression in Ethiopian society. Lyrical, furious and meticulously researched, it is a necessary act of historical reclamation Guardian, Best Books of the Yearmehr

Autor

Maaza Mengiste was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A Fulbright Scholar and professor in the MFA in Creative Writing & Literary Translation programme at Queens College, she is the author of The Shadow King, which was longlisted for the Booker Prize and the HWA Gold Crown, and Beneath the Lion's Gaze, named one of the Guardian's Ten Best Contemporary African Books. Her work can be found in the New Yorker, Granta and the New York Times, among other publications. She lives in New York City.
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