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Queen of flowers and pearls : a novel /

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 h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ghermandi, Gabriella, 1965- (Author)
Other Authors: Bellesia, Giovanna (Translator), Poletto, Victoria Offredi (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Italian.
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2015]
Series:Global African voices.
Subjects:
Ethiopia > History > 1889-1974 > Fiction.
Italy > Colonies > Africa > History > Fiction.
Italians > Ethiopia > History > 20th century > Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Political fiction.

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