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The conscript : a novel of Libya's anticolonial war / by Gebreyesus Hailu ; translated from the Tigrinya by Ghirmai Negash ; introduction by Laura Chrisman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hailu, Gebreyesus, 1906-1993.
- Series:
- Modern African writing.
- Modern African writing
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eritreans--Libya--Fiction.
- Eritreans.
- Draftees--Eritrea--Fiction.
- Draftees.
- Italy--Colonies--Africa--History, Military--Fiction.
- Italy.
- Libya--History--1912-1951--Fiction.
- Libya.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (93 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Eloquent and thought-provoking, this classic novel by the Eritrean novelist Gebreyesus Hailu, written in Tigrinya in 1927 and published in 1950, is one of the earliest novels written in an African language and will have a major impact on the reception and critical appraisal of African literature. The Conscript depicts, with irony and controlled anger, the staggering experiences of the Eritrean ascari, soldiers conscripted to fight in Libya by the Italian colonial army against the nationalist Libyan forces fighting for their freedom from Italy's colonial rule. Anticipating
- Contents:
- Introduction by Laura Chrisman
- Preface to the Tigrinya edition
- A portrait of youth
- The departure from Asmara
- Deep in the wilderness
- The thirst of death.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- "First edition (in Tigrinya), Pietro Silla Printing Press, Asmara ([1927], 1950)."
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780821444450
- 082144445X
- OCLC:
- 820818160
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