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The God who begat a Jackal : a novel / Nega Mezlekia.
Van Pelt Library PR9199.4.M49 G63 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mezlekia, Nega, 1958-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ethnic relations--Fiction.
- Ethnic relations.
- History.
- Gods, African.
- Ethiopia.
- Social classes--Fiction.
- Social classes.
- Gods, African--Fiction.
- Enslaved persons--Fiction.
- Enslaved persons.
- Ethiopia--History--1490-1889--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Love stories.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 242 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Picador, 2002.
- Summary:
- Last year in The New York Times Book Review, Nega Mezlekia's memoir, Notes from the Hyena's Belly, was described as "the most riveting book about Ethiopia since Ryszard Kapuscinski's literary allegory The Emperor and the most distinguished African literary memoir since Soyinka's Ake appeared twenty years ago." Now, from the author of the hugely acclaimed memoir, comes a first novel steeped in African folklore and teeming with the class, ethnic, and religious struggles of precolonial Africa.
- In The God Who Begat a Jackal, the seventeenth-century feudal system, vassal uprisings, religious mythology, and the Crusades are beautifully intertwined with the intense love between Aster, the daughter of a feudal lord, and Gudu, the court jester and family slave. Aster and Gudu's relationship is the ultimate taboo, but supernatural elements galore presage a destiny more powerful than the rule of man.
- With Mezlekia's enchanting storytelling and ironic humor, readers glimpse African deities that have long since weathered away and the social cleavages that have endured through time. This is a captivating work from a major new international novelist.
- Contents:
- Book 1 Stardust
- Devil in the Wilderness 3
- Strange Bundle of Joy 13
- The Stuff of Legend 23
- Unattended Daisy 31
- Book 2 Moonbeams
- Riddles and Deception 39
- Patron Saint of Salt Miners 53
- A Lowly God 63
- A Caring Jacana 73
- Book 3 Intrigues
- A For Bidden Affair 87
- A Changing Diviner 95
- Pesky Peasants 103
- Green and Alive 111
- A Husband for Aster 121
- The Last Laugh 131
- Book 4 Revelations
- Inquisitors 143
- Holy Smoke 153
- The Saintly Slave 161
- The Three Abettors 167
- Book 5 Vprising
- The Feared One 177
- Taking Care of Aster 185
- Dung Beetle 193
- Letting Down the Guard 203
- Delirium 215
- Shifting Winds 225.
- ISBN:
- 0312287011
- OCLC:
- 48398932
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