The Resource The shadow king: : a novel, Maaza Mengiste
The shadow king: : a novel, Maaza Mengiste
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Resource Information
The item The shadow king: : a novel, Maaza Mengiste represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
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- "A brilliant novel, lyrically lifting history towards myth. It's also compulsively readable. I devoured it in two days." -- Salman Rushdie
- With the threat of Mussolini's army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to adapt to her new life as a maid to Kidane and his wife Aster. Kidane, an officer in Emperor Haile Selassie's army, rushes to mobilize his strongest men before the Italians invade. His initial kindness to Hirut shifts into cruelty when she resists his advances, and Hirut finds herself tumbling into a new world of thefts and violations, of betrayals and rage. As the war begins in earnest, the Emperor goes into exile and Ethiopia quickly loses hope. Hirut helps disguise a gentle peasant as the emperor and soon becomes his guard, inspiring other women to take up arms against the Italians. -- adapted from jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 428 pages
- Note
- First published as Norton paperback 2020
- Isbn
- 9780393358513
- Label
- The shadow king: : a novel
- Title
- The shadow king:
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Maaza Mengiste
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "A brilliant novel, lyrically lifting history towards myth. It's also compulsively readable. I devoured it in two days." -- Salman Rushdie
- With the threat of Mussolini's army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to adapt to her new life as a maid to Kidane and his wife Aster. Kidane, an officer in Emperor Haile Selassie's army, rushes to mobilize his strongest men before the Italians invade. His initial kindness to Hirut shifts into cruelty when she resists his advances, and Hirut finds herself tumbling into a new world of thefts and violations, of betrayals and rage. As the war begins in earnest, the Emperor goes into exile and Ethiopia quickly loses hope. Hirut helps disguise a gentle peasant as the emperor and soon becomes his guard, inspiring other women to take up arms against the Italians. -- adapted from jacket
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mengiste, Maaza
- Dewey number
- 813.6
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3613.E488
- LC item number
- S53 2020
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936
- Women
- Women
- Ethiopia
- Ethiopia
- Label
- The shadow king: : a novel, Maaza Mengiste
- Note
- First published as Norton paperback 2020
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 428 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393358513
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)1137860540
- (OCoLC)on1137860540
- Label
- The shadow king: : a novel, Maaza Mengiste
- Note
- First published as Norton paperback 2020
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 428 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393358513
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, map
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1137860540
- (OCoLC)on1137860540
Subject
- Ethiopia -- History -- 1889-1974 -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936 -- Fiction
- War fiction
- 1935-1936
- Women -- Ethiopia -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Ethiopia -- Fiction
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Fiction
- Women
- Ethiopia
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