A collection of intriguing noir stories, capturing the complexities of the Ethiopian city, Addis Ababa.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Maaza Mengiste is a novelist and essayist who was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright Scholar Program, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Creative Capital. Her debut novel, Beneath the Lion's Gaze, was selected by the Guardian as one of the ten best contemporary African books and named one of the best books of 2010 by Christian Science Monitor, Boston Globe, and other publications. Her work can be found in the New Yorker, New York Review of Books, Granta, the Guardian, the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and BBC, among other places. She was a writer on the documentary projects Girl Rising and The Invisible City: Kakuma. Her second novel, The Shadow King, was published in September 2019.
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11 Introduction PART I: PAST HAUNTINGS 17 Kind Stranger 29 A Double-Edged Inheritance 47 Ostrich 66 Dust, Ash, Flight PART II: TRANSLATIONS OF GRIEF 91 Father Bread 105 The Blue Shadow 120 A Night in Bela Sefer PART III: MADNESS DESCENDS 137 Insomnia 153 Of the Poet and the Café 174 Under the Minibus Ceiling 183 Of Buns and Howls PART IV: POLICE AND THIEVES 207 Kebele ID 220 None of Your Business 228 Agony of the Congested Heart 244 About the Contributors
11 Introduction PART I: PAST HAUNTINGS 17 Kind Stranger 29 A Double-Edged Inheritance 47 Ostrich 66 Dust, Ash, Flight PART II: TRANSLATIONS OF GRIEF 91 Father Bread 105 The Blue Shadow 120 A Night in Bela Sefer PART III: MADNESS DESCENDS 137 Insomnia 153 Of the Poet and the Café 174 Under the Minibus Ceiling 183 Of Buns and Howls PART IV: POLICE AND THIEVES 207 Kebele ID 220 None of Your Business 228 Agony of the Congested Heart 244 About the Contributors
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