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Queen of flowers and pearls : a novel / Gabriella Ghermandi ; translated by Giovanna Bellesia-Contuzzi and Victoria Offredi Poletto.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ghermandi, Gabriella, 1965- author.
- Series:
- Global African voices.
- Global African voices
- Standardized Title:
- Regina di fiori e di perle. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Italians--Ethiopia--History--20th century--Fiction.
- Italians.
- Italy--Colonies--Africa--History--Fiction.
- Italy.
- Ethiopia--History--1889-1974--Fiction.
- Ethiopia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- Translated from the Italian.
- Summary:
- Mahlet, a young Ethiopian girl with a gift for storytelling, has a special bond with Yacob, the oldest in her household. When Yacob tells her stories of how he and the other warriors fought in the resistance against the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, Mahlet vows to become the keeper and teller of her family's stories. From the time of Menelik to the present, Mahlet's long voyage through time and space links thousands of stories between Africa and Europe. Intensely personal, this powerful and beautifully narrated novel tells the story of the Italian occupation of Ethiopia as well as of others around the globe who have suffered under colonialism or have been forcibly exiled from their homelands.
- Contents:
- The promise
- 1. Yacob's story
- 2. The passage
- Adolescence
- The advice
- The flower of the month
- The Saturday market!
- The consent
- The first day of work
- At Legesse's shop
- The west
- Announcement! announcement!
- Arada Sefer
- The move
- The first celebration of Timket in the capital
- The chaos before the calm
- Return to Debre Zeit
- The return
- 3. The story of the stupid Lion and the Monkey
- 4. The story of Abbaba Igirsa Salo
- 5. Farisa Alula the great
- 6. The turtle lady's story
- Kebedech Seyoum
- 7. The story of Woizero Bekelech and Signor Antonio
- 8.
- 9.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-253-01548-0
- OCLC:
- 903358647
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