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The Shadow King

Von: Maaza Mengiste
Gesprochen von: Robin Miles
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Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2020.

A Times Audiobook of the Week.

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. But how could she have predicted her own personal war, still to come, as a prisoner of one of Italy's most vicious officers?

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"Beautiful and devastating." (Marlon James)

"Unforgettably conveyed by the narrator Robin Miles, whose upbringing in the ethnic melting pot of New Jersey has enhanced her gift for entering into character...the listener never feels lost, only more deeply involved. It is easily the best title on the Booker 2020 longlist." (Christina Hardyment, The Times)
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too much detail in the description of the brutality of war which was hard to bear for me. especially, i would've liked to spare myself from hearing what exactly it feels like physically and emotionally to be raped as a girl and woman. this had no added value to me as a person or to the story.
the story itself is not in the focus. the characters are. but it is not meant to create empathy with any of them at the same time. the reader remains very distant .. many things are not understandable. i especially could not make sense out of the figure Aster and Hiruts relationship to her.
the book has zero humor, not even sarcasm in the whole book but a very honest reflection of Ethiopian culture.
i liked to hear about it while driving through Addis and learning more about Ethiopia

a peek into Ethiopian history

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