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The shadow king: a novel / Maaza Mengiste.
"A brilliant novel, lyrically lifting history towards myth. It's also compulsively readable. I devoured it in two days." -- Salman Rushdie.
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
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393358513
- ISBN: 0393358518
- Physical Description: 428 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2020.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. First published as Norton paperback 2020. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | World War, 1939-1945 > Women > Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Ethiopia > Fiction. Italo-Ethiopian War, 1935-1936 > Fiction. Women > Ethiopia > Fiction. Ethiopia > History > 1889-1974 > Fiction. Ethiopia. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. War fiction. |
Available copies
- 7 of 7 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 3 of 3 copies available at Cass County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County Library-Harrisonville | F MEN 2020 (Text) | 0002205524040 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | F MEN 2019 (Text) | 0002205590991 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Cass County Library-Northern Resource Center | F MEN 2020 (Text) | 0002205524057 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
The Shadow King : A Novel
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The Shadow King : A Novel
Set during Mussolini's 1935 invasion of 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.
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