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Author Ghermandi, Gabriella, 1965-

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

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2015.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Global African voices
Global African voices.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
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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Language Translated from the Italian.
Subject Ethiopia -- History -- 1889-1974 -- Fiction.
Ethiopia.
History.
Chronological Term 1889-1974
Genre/Form Fiction.
Subject Italy -- Colonies -- Africa -- History -- Fiction.
Italy.
Colonies.
Africa.
Italians -- Ethiopia -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Italians.
Chronological Term 20th century
1889-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Historical fiction.
Political fiction.
Fiction.
Added Author Bellesia, Giovanna, translator.
Poletto, Victoria Offredi, translator.
Added Title Regina di fiori e di perle. English https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2014071328
Other Form: Print version: Ghermandi, Gabriella, 1965- Regina di fiori e di perle. English. Queen of flowers and pearls 9780253015464 (DLC) 2014044313 (OCoLC)883645391
ISBN 9780253015488 (electronic book)
0253015480 (electronic book)
9780253015464
0253015464
9780253015471
0253015472