Beneath the Lion's Gaze: A Novel
by Maaza Mengiste | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0393071766 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0393071766 Global Overview for this book
Registered by awaywithfairies of Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on 9/18/2015
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Journal Entry 1 by awaywithfairies from Sydney CBD, New South Wales Australia on Friday, September 18, 2015
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An epic tale of a father and two sons, of betrayals and loyalties, of a family unraveling in the wake of Ethiopia’s revolution.
This memorable, heartbreaking story opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974, on the eve of a revolution. Yonas kneels in his mother’s prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the violence that has wracked his family and country. His father, Hailu, a prominent doctor, has been ordered to report to jail after helping a victim of state-sanctioned torture to die. And Dawit, Hailu’s youngest son, has joined an underground resistance movement - a choice that will lead to more upheaval and bloodshed across a ravaged Ethiopia.
Beneath the Lion’s Gaze tells a gripping story of family, of the bonds of love and friendship set in a time and place that has rarely been explored in fiction. It is a story about the lengths human beings will go in pursuit of freedom and the human price of a national revolution. Emotionally gripping, poetic, and indelibly tragic, Beneath The Lion’s Gaze is a transcendent and powerful debut.
Bought at the Penrith City Library book sale.
An epic tale of a father and two sons, of betrayals and loyalties, of a family unraveling in the wake of Ethiopia’s revolution.
This memorable, heartbreaking story opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974, on the eve of a revolution. Yonas kneels in his mother’s prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the violence that has wracked his family and country. His father, Hailu, a prominent doctor, has been ordered to report to jail after helping a victim of state-sanctioned torture to die. And Dawit, Hailu’s youngest son, has joined an underground resistance movement - a choice that will lead to more upheaval and bloodshed across a ravaged Ethiopia.
Beneath the Lion’s Gaze tells a gripping story of family, of the bonds of love and friendship set in a time and place that has rarely been explored in fiction. It is a story about the lengths human beings will go in pursuit of freedom and the human price of a national revolution. Emotionally gripping, poetic, and indelibly tragic, Beneath The Lion’s Gaze is a transcendent and powerful debut.
Bought at the Penrith City Library book sale.
Journal Entry 2 by awaywithfairies at YHA Canberra City, Akuna Street in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia on Friday, September 18, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (9/19/2015 UTC) at YHA Canberra City, Akuna Street in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory Australia
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Left at the book exchange on the third floor.
Release #31 for the 2015 You're Such an Animal Challenge.
Release #31 for the 2015 You're Such an Animal Challenge.