Beneath the Lion’s Gaze
The powerful debut from 2020 Booker Prize shortlisted author of The Shadow King
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974 – the eve of a revolution.
Yonas kneels in his mother’s prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the violence that has racked his country and his family. His father, a prominent doctor, has been ordered to report to jail after helping a victim of state-sanctioned torture to die. And his brother has just joined an underground resistance movement – a choice that will lead to more upheaval and bloodshed across a ravaged Ethiopia.
Emotionally gripping, poetic and moving, this is a powerful debut about family and the bonds of love and friendship.
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The powerful debut from 2020 Booker Prize shortlisted author of The Shadow King
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974 – the eve of a revolution.
Yonas kneels in his mother’s prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the violence that has racked his country and his family. His father, a prominent doctor, has been ordered to report to jail after helping a victim of state-sanctioned torture to die. And his brother has just joined an underground resistance movement – a choice that will lead to more upheaval and bloodshed across a ravaged Ethiopia.
Emotionally gripping, poetic and moving, this is a powerful debut about family and the bonds of love and friendship.
Publisher: Vintage
Paperback
2011
ISBN: 9780099539926
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