Description
'Extraordinary' Maaza Mengiste 'Exhilarating' Elif Batuman Selam is the youngest child in a large turbulent family. Even before she is born, her omniscience animates life in a Small Town in 1980s southwestern Ethiopia. Selam and her father listen to the radio in secret as the socialist military junta that recently overthrew the government seizes properties and wages civil war in the North. The Asmelashes, once an enterprising, land-owning family, are ostracized under the new regime. In the Small Town where they live, nosy women convene around coffee ceremonies multiple times a day, the gossip spreading like wildfire. As Selam's mother, the powerful and relentlessly dignified Degitu, grows ill, she embraces a persecuted, Pentecostal God and insists her family convert alongside her. The Asmelashes stand solidly in opposition to the times, and Selam grows up seeking revenge on despotic comrades, neighbourhood bullies, and a ruthless God. Wise beyond her years yet thoroughly naive, she contends with an inner fury, a profound sadness, and a throbbing, unstoppable pursuit of education, freedom, and love. The History of a Difficult Child is about what happens when mother, God, and country are at odds, and how one difficult child finds her voice.
| EAN: | 9781784744373 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 01.02.2024 |
| Autoren: | Sibhat, Mihret |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 390 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Literary |
| Keyword: | culture; marlon james; chimamanda ngozi adichie; yaa gyasi; politics; race; coming of age; noviolet bulawayo; debut; maaza mengiste; ethiopia; contemporary fiction; christian counselor's commentary; western historical romances; historical romance; the evangelist's wife; family sagas; historical romances; black literature; victorian sagas; preacher omnibus; christian diary 2021; crusade journal; black authors fiction; contemporary fiction paperbacks; historical fiction paperbacks; historical fiction |
| Fachschema: | Achtziger Jahre / Roman, Erzählung~Abessinien~Äthiopien~Afrika / Geschichte, Politik, Recht~Amerikanische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung |
| Fachkategorie: | Geschichte allgemein und Weltgeschichte~Afrikanische Geschichte~Historischer Roman~Belletristik: Themen, Stoffe, Motive: Soziales |
| Interesse Alter: | In Bezug auf die Kindheit |
| Imprint-Titels: | Chatto & Windus |
| Länge: | 238 mm |
| Breite: | 157 mm |