Oromay - Hardcover
by Baalu Girma
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Availability:In StockContributor:Baalu Girma, David Degusta (Translator), Mesfin Felleke Yirgu (Translator)Publish date:2/4/2025Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:Soho PressISBN-13:9781641296663ISBN-10:1641296666UPC:9781641296663Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:World Literature, ThrillersBook Topic:Africa, Espionage, PoliticalSize:8.30 x 5.90 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.702Product ID:SCSPEV3X9B
Oromay
A journalist finds himself embroiled in a disastrous government campaign as well as a sweeping romance in this landmark English translation of Ethiopia's most famous novel. An engrossing political thriller and a tale of love and war for readers of John Le Carré and Philip Kerr. December 1981, Ethiopia. Tsegaye Hailemaryam, a well-known journalist for the state-run media, has just landed in...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Soho PressISBN-13:9781641296663ISBN-10:1641296666UPC:9781641296663Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:World Literature, ThrillersBook Topic:Africa, Espionage, PoliticalSize:8.30 x 5.90 x 1.40 inchesWeight:1.702Product ID:SCSPEV3X9B
Baalu Girma (1939 - ?) was one of Ethiopia's greatest writers and Oromay was his most famous novel. He began his career as a journalist in Ethiopia, eventually becoming both a well-known novelist and a top official in the Ministry of Information under the Derg dictatorship. He based Oromay on the real-life Red Star Campaign, a failed government effort to crush the long-running Eritrean...
Publisher: Soho Press
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Baalu Girma, David Degusta (Translator), Mesfin Felleke Yirgu (Translator)
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