Blue daughter of the Red Sea : a memoir / Meti Birabiro.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Birabiro, Meti.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethiopian Americans--Biography.

Ethiopian Americans.

Ethiopia--Biography.

Ethiopia.

Birabiro, Meti.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Madison : University of Wisconsin Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Born into a life of constant financial, physical, and moral threat, Meti Birabiro takes refuge in literature and the fantastic. Blue Daughter of the Red Sea is Birabiro's poetic account of the harsh reality of her young life spread across three continents. Her voice is a fresh mélange of child and adult perspectives, at once brutally honest and wise beyond her years. Through her journey from Ethiopia to Italy and finally to the United States, we encounter Birabiro's relatives, friends, and enemies-relationships so intense that these people become her vampires, devils, angels, and saints. These characterizations always lead her back to the truth, helping her to decipher what is fair and good, to understand what she must cherish and what she must rage against.

Contents:

Intro

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments and Thanks

Translations

Book 1 Exodus of Bodies

1 Light

2 Appetizer

3 Reformatory Sessions

4 God and Satan

Book 2 Exodus of Souls

5 Darkness

6 Entrée

Book 3 Exodus of Innocence

7 Blossom

8 Initiation Rites

9 Colorfield

10 Novillada

11 Suicide Machine

12 The Trouble with the Feet

Book 4 The Book of Disenchantments

13 Divine Detour

14 Pandora's Box

15 The Boxer

16 The Dancer.

Notes:

"Terrace Books."

ISBN:

9786612269493

9781282269491

1282269496

9780299195731

0299195732

OCLC:

632722505