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    Maaza Mengiste (born 1974) is an Ethiopian-American writer. Her novels include Beneath the Lion's Gaze (2010) and The Shadow King (2019), which was shortlisted...
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  • The Shadow King is a 2019 novel by Ethiopian-American writer Maaza Mengiste, published by W. W. Norton & Company on September 24, 2019. It was shortlisted...
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  • Beneath the Lion's Gaze is a 2010 novel by Ethiopian-American writer Maaza Mengiste. It describes a family in Addis Ababa in 1974, living through the transition...
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  • a "book of quiet beauty and tragedy". In a review for The Guardian, Maaza Mengiste praised its narrative details of colonialism and depiction of psychologically...
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  • Danticat (Haiti), Manjushree Thapa (Nepal), Mona Eltahawy (Egypt), Maaza Mengiste (Ethiopia), Sooni Taraporevala (India), Maria Arana (Peru), Aminatta...
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    migration, using irony and humour to respond to their situation. Novelist Maaza Mengiste has described Gurnah's works by saying: "He has written work that is...
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  • Shadow King may refer to: The Shadow King (novel), a 2019 novel by Maaza Mengiste The Shadow King (film), a 2011 film project by Henry Selick cancelled...
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    including a staff member of the British museum. Ethiopian novelist Maaza Mengiste writes in The Guardian that Alemayehu was kidnapped. While staying at...
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  • short period of existence, it has published Taiye Selasi, Junot Díaz, Maaza Mengiste, Zukiswa Wanner, Namwali Serpell, Richard Ali, Lidudumalingani, Jericho...
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  • Faber Avni Doshi Burnt Sugar Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Random House Maaza Mengiste The Shadow King Canongate Brandon Taylor Real Life Daunt Books Longlist...
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