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Author Ghermandi, Gabriella.

Title Queen of flowers and pearls : a novel / Gabriella Ghermandi ; translated by Giovanna Bellesia-Contuzzi and Victoria Offredi Poletto. [Boundless electronic resource]

Publication Info. Indiana Univ Press, 2015.
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Contents 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 Departure -- 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.
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"--Provided by publisher.
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Chronological Term 1889-1999
Subject Italians -- Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Italian colonies.
Italians.
Ethiopia -- History -- 1889-1974 -- Fiction.
Italy -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- Fiction.
Africa.
Ethiopia.
Genre Electronic books.
Fiction.
History.
Historical fiction.
Political fiction.
Added Author Boundless (Digital media service)
ISBN 9780253015488 : $9.99
0253015480 : $9.99
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