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The shadow king : a novel

Mengiste, Maaza, author

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\"In 1935, orphaned servant Hirut struggles to adapt to her new household as Ethiopia faces Mussolini's looming invasion. As the battles begin in earnest, Hirut and other women must care for the wounded. But when Emperor Haile Selassie goes into exile and Ethiopia is about to lose hope, Hirut helps to disguise a gentle peasant as the emperor to keep the fight alive. She becomes his guard, inspiring women to join the war against fascism. In this extraordinary, beautifully told epic, Hirut overcomes rape, violence, and imprisonment, finding the strength to fight for her country's freedom and her own. Maaza Mengiste breathes life into complicated characters on both sides of the battle line, shaping a searing story of ordinary women and the advanced army they courageously opposed\"--Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Subject: World War, 1939-1945 Women Fiction. / World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns Ethiopia Fiction. / Impostors and imposture Fiction. / Women and war Fiction. / Women Ethiopia Fiction. / Ophrans Fiction. / Household employees Fiction. / Ethiopia History 20th century Fiction.
• ISBN: 9780393083569

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS3613.E488 S53 2019	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE