Dimensions
134 x 216 x 21mm
This book is set in 17th Century Abyssinia, present-day Ethiopia. It is the epic story of a forbidden love between a slave and the daughter of his feudal lord. The novel is steeped in African folklore and teeming with the class, religious and ethnic struggle of medieval Africa.
Nega Mezlekia is a new and exciting talent who has already been compared to Soyinka and Marquez.