{"product_id":"beneath-the-lions-gaze-maaza-mengiste","title":"Beneath the Lion's Gaze (Maaza Mengiste)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe powerful debut from 2020 Booker Prize shortlisted author of \u003ci\u003eThe Shadow King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAddis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974 - the eve of a revolution. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYonas kneels in his mother's prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the violence that has wracked his family and country. His father, Hailu, a prominent doctor, has been ordered to report to jail after helping a victim of state-sanctioned torture to die. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd Dawit, Hailu's youngest son, has joined an underground resistance movement-a choice that will lead to more upheaval and bloodshed across a ravaged Ethiopia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEmotionally gripping, poetic and indelibly tragic, \u003ci\u003eBeneath the Lion's Gaze\u003c\/i\u003e is a transcendent story that tells a gripping story of family and of the bonds of love and friendship. It is a story about the lengths to which human beings will go in pursuit of freedom and the human price of a national revolution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMaaza Mengiste was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and graduated with an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University. A recent Pushcart Prize nominee, she was named \"New Literary Idol\" by \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Review, Ninth Letter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003e42opus\u003c\/i\u003e, has been translated and published into German and Romanian for \u003ci\u003eLettre International\u003c\/i\u003e, and can be found in the Seal Press anthology \u003ci\u003eHomelands: Women's Journeys Across Race, Place and Time\u003c\/i\u003e. She has received fellowships from Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Yaddo. She currently lives in New York.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 320 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65931221434717,"sku":"K059052037","price":11.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5905203700001A.jpg?v=1789492284","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/beneath-the-lions-gaze-maaza-mengiste","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}