{"product_id":"queen-of-flowers-and-pearls-9780253015471","title":"Queen of Flowers and Pearls","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMahlet, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGhermandi's patient, rhapsodic compilation reflects Mahlet's own struggle with her identity as an Ethiopian and, when she relocates to Italy for her education, as a foreigner . . . This singular coming-of-age story defined by political upheaval and ancestral secrets introduces a sensitive, perceptive storyteller on the brink of womanhood.\u003c\/p\u003e * Kirkus Reviews *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eQueen of Flowers and Pearls is a wonderful, absorbing new novel that is part of IU Press' Global African Voices. . . [R]eaders can be assured that Mahlet will finally discover herself and her place in the world in the course of some gratifyingly suspenseful chapters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e[A] heart-wrenchingly beautiful novel.\u003c\/p\u003e * Perspectives on History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eGhermandi weaves personal memory into collective history. . . . Queen of Flowers and Pearls offers a guiding perspective to help us form questions and seek answers from the present as well as the past. Perhaps most hopefully, it makes us consider the current repression in light of the past victories of the Ethiopian citizenry.\u003c\/p\u003e * Washington Post *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003eTranslators' Note\u003cbr\u003eList of Amharic Words and Expressions\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe Promise\u003cbr\u003eChapter One\u003cbr\u003eYacob's Story\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two\u003cbr\u003eThe Passage\u003cbr\u003eAdolescence\u003cbr\u003eThe Advice\u003cbr\u003eThe Flower of the Month\u003cbr\u003eThe Saturday Market!\u003cbr\u003eThe Consent\u003cbr\u003eThe First Day of Work\u003cbr\u003eAt Legesse's Shop\u003cbr\u003eThe West\u003cbr\u003eAnnouncement! Announcement!\u003cbr\u003eArada Sefer\u003cbr\u003eThe Move\u003cbr\u003eThe First Celebration of Timket in the Capital\u003cbr\u003eThe Chaos before the Calm\u003cbr\u003eReturn to Debre Zeit\u003cbr\u003eThe Departure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Return\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of the Stupid Lion and the Monkey\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Abbaba Igira Salo\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five\u003cbr\u003eFarisa Alula, the Great\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six\u003cbr\u003eThe Turtle Lady's Story \u003cbr\u003eKebedech Seyoum\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of Woizero Bekelech and Signor Antonio\u003cbr\u003eChapter Eight\u003cbr\u003eChapter Nine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400544657751,"sku":"9780253015471","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780253015471.jpg?v=1730470944","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/queen-of-flowers-and-pearls-9780253015471","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}