The Wife's Tale A Personal History【電子書籍】[ Aida Edemariam ]

＜p＞＜strong＞A Finalist for The Governor General's Award for Nonfiction＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞"The extraordinary memoir of a woman who lived through the cataclysmic events that shaped modern Ethiopian history. The narrative, which is lovingly and expertly put together by her granddaughter, is a window into a world that would otherwise be invisible to us." ー Abraham Verghese, author of ＜em＞Cutting for Stone＜/em＞＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞＜strong＞In this indelible memoir that recalls the life of her remarkable ninety-five-year old grandmother, ＜em＞Guardian＜/em＞ journalist Aida Edemariam tells the story of modern Ethiopiaーa nation that would undergo a tumultuous transformation from feudalism to monarchy to Marxist revolution to democracy, over the course of one century.＜/strong＞＜/p＞ ＜p＞Born in the northern Ethiopian city of Gondar in about 1916, Yetemegnu was married and had given birth before she turned fifteen. As the daughter of a socially prominent man, she also offered her husband, a poor yet ．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る