Maaza Mengiste
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Biography
Full Name: Maaza Mengiste
Maaza Mengiste (born 1974) is an Ethiopian-American writer. Her novels include Beneath the Lion’s Gaze (2010), and The Shadow King (2019), which was shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize.
Mengiste was born in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. A Fulbright Scholar and a recipient of an Amerian Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award, she is 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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With the threat of Mussolini's army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to adapt to her new life as a maid. Her new employer, Kidane, an officer in Emperor Haile Selassie's army, rushes to mobilise his strongest men before the Italians invade.
Hirut an...
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Ethiopia, 1974, on the eve of a revolution. Yonas kneels in his mother’s prayer room, pleading to his God for an end to the violence that has racked his family and country. His father, a prominent doctor, has been ordered to report to jail after helping a vict...
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