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The Shadow King
Engelsk Paperback
The Shadow King
Engelsk Paperback

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2020
A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, GUARDIAN, ELLE, TIME, SPECTATOR

''DEVASTATING'' Marlon James, ''BRILLIANT'' Salman Rushdie, ''MAGNIFICENT'' Aminatta Forna, ''WONDERFUL'' Laila Lalami, ''UNFORGETTABLE'' The Times, ''REMARKABLE'' New York Times

Ethiopia, 1935.
With the threat of Mussolini''s army looming, recently orphaned Hirut struggles to adapt to her new life as a maid. Her new employer, Kidane, an officer in Emperor Haile Selassie''s army, rushes to mobilise his strongest men before the Italians invade.

Hirut and the other women long to do more than care for the wounded and bury the dead. When Emperor Haile Selassie goes into exile and Ethiopia quickly loses hope, it is Hirut who offers a plan to maintain morale. She helps disguise a gentle peasant as the emperor and soon becomes his guard, inspiring other women to take up arms. But how could she have predicted her own personal war, still to come, as a prisoner of one of Italy''s most vicious officers?

The Shadow King is a gorgeously crafted and unputdownable exploration of female power, and what it means to be a woman at war.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
448
ISBN-13:
9781838851170
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1838851178
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
13 aug 2020
Længde:
36mm
Bredde:
197mm
Højde:
129mm
Forlag:
Canongate Books
Oplagsdato:
13 aug 2020
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