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Beneath the Lion's Gaze

Maaza Mengiste
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Region

East Africa

Ethiopia

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

Genre

Fiction

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Set during the 1974 Ethiopian revolution when Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown by the Derg military junta, following a family caught between loyalty, survival, and resistance as the country descends into terror.

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One of the few English-language novels set during Ethiopia's traumatic revolutionary period

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Set during the 1974 Ethiopian revolution when Emperor Haile Selassie was overthrown by the Derg military junta, following a family caught between loyalty, survival, and resistance as the country descends into terror. One of the few English-language novels set during Ethiopia's traumatic revolutionary period

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