Format:
428 Seiten :
,
Porträts, Karte.
Edition:
First published as a Norton paperback
ISBN:
978-0-393-35851-3
,
0393358518
Series Statement:
Reading group guide
Content:
"Set during Mussolini's 1935 invasionof Ethiopia, The Shadow King takes us back to the first real conflict of World War II, casting light on the women soldiers who were left out of the historical record. At its heart is orphaned maid Hirut, who finds herself tumbling into a new world of thefts and violations, of betrayals and overwhelming rage. What follows is a heartrending and unputdownable exploration of what it means to be a woman at war." Klappentext
Content:
With the threat of Mussolini's army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to adapt to her new life as a maid to Kidane and his wife Aster. Kidane, an officer in Emperor Haile Selassie's army, rushes to mobilize his strongest men before the Italians invade. His initial kindness to Hirut shifts into cruelty when she resists his advances, and Hirut finds herself tumbling into a new world of thefts and violations, of betrayals and rage. As the war begins in earnest, the Emperor goes into exile and Ethiopia quickly loses hope. Hirut helps disguise a gentle peasant as the emperor and soon becomes his guard, inspiring other women to take up arms against the Italians. -- adapted from jacket
Content:
"A brilliant novel, lyrically lifting history towards myth. It's also compulsively readable. I devoured it in two days." -- Salman Rushdie
Additional Edition:
Äquivalent
Language:
English
Subjects:
American Studies
,
English Studies
Keywords:
Fiktionale Darstellung
;
Fiction
;
Historical fiction
;
War fiction
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