Gabriella Ghermandi

Queen of Flowers and Pearls (eBook, ePUB)

A Novel
Übersetzer: Bellesia-Contuzzi, Giovanna; Offredi Poletto, Victoria

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Mahlet, a young Ethiopian girl with a gift for storytelling, has a special bond with Yacob, the oldest in her household. When Yacob tells her stories of how he and the other warriors fought in the resistance against the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, Mahlet vows to become the keeper and teller of her family's stories. From the time of Menelik to the present, Mahlet's long voyage through time and space links thousands of stories between Africa and Europe. Intensely personal, this powerful and beautifully narrated novel tells the story of the Italian occupation of Ethiopia as well as of others around the globe who have suffered under colonialism or have been forcibly exiled from their homelands.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780253015488
• Artikelnr.: 42934971

Autorenporträt

Gabriella Ghermandi was born in Addis Ababa and lives in Bologna, Italy. She writes and acts in narrative plays that she produces in Italy and Switzerland. She also conducts creative writing workshops for schools. This is her first novel.

Giovanna Bellesia-Contuzzi is Professor of Italian Language and Literature at Smith College. She is translator, with Victoria Offredi Poletto of Little Mother (IUP, 2011).

Victoria Offredi Poletto is Senior Lecturer in Italian Emerita at Smith College.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Translators' Note
List of Amharic Words and Expressions
The Promise
Chapter One
Yacob's Story
Chapter Two
The Passage
Adolescence
The Advice
The Flower of the Month
The Saturday Market!
The Consent
The First Day of Work
At Legesse's Shop
The West
Announcement! Announcement!
Arada Sefer
The Move
The First Celebration of Timket in the Capital
The Chaos before the Calm
Return to Debre Zeit
The Departure
The Return
Chapter Three
The Story of the Stupid Lion and the Monkey
Chapter Four
The Story of Abbaba Igira Salo
Chapter Five
Farisa Alula, the Great
Chapter Six
The Turtle Lady's Story
Kebedech Seyoum
Chapter Seven
The Story of Woizero Bekelech and Signor Antonio
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Notes