Oromay (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
A journalist finds himself embroiled in a disastrous government campaign in this landmark English translation of Ethiopia's most famous novel-an engrossing political thriller and a compelling tale of love and war.
December 1981, Ethiopia. Tsegaye...
December 1981, Ethiopia. Tsegaye...
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A journalist finds himself embroiled in a disastrous government campaign in this landmark English translation of Ethiopia's most famous novel-an engrossing political thriller and a compelling tale of love and war.
December 1981, Ethiopia. Tsegaye Hailemaryam, a well-known journalist for the state-run media, has just landed in Asmara. He is on assignment as the head of propaganda for the Red Star campaign, a massive effort by the Ethiopian government to end the Eritrean insurgency. There, amid the city's bars and coffeehouses buzzing with spies and government agents, he juggles the demands of his superiors while trying to reassure his fiancée back home that he's not straying with Asmara's famed beauties.
As Tsegaye falls in love with Asmara-and with dazzling, enigmatic Fiammetta-his misgivings about the campaign grow. Tsegaye confronts the horror of war when he is sent with an elite army unit to attack the insurgents' mountain stronghold. In the aftermath, he encounters betrayals that shake his faith in both the regime and human nature.
Oromay became an instant sensation when first published in 1983 and was swiftly banned for its frank depiction of the regime. The author vanished soon thereafter; the consensus is that he was killed in retaliation for Oromay. A sweeping and timeless story about power and betrayal in love and war, the novel remains Girma's masterp
December 1981, Ethiopia. Tsegaye Hailemaryam, a well-known journalist for the state-run media, has just landed in Asmara. He is on assignment as the head of propaganda for the Red Star campaign, a massive effort by the Ethiopian government to end the Eritrean insurgency. There, amid the city's bars and coffeehouses buzzing with spies and government agents, he juggles the demands of his superiors while trying to reassure his fiancée back home that he's not straying with Asmara's famed beauties.
As Tsegaye falls in love with Asmara-and with dazzling, enigmatic Fiammetta-his misgivings about the campaign grow. Tsegaye confronts the horror of war when he is sent with an elite army unit to attack the insurgents' mountain stronghold. In the aftermath, he encounters betrayals that shake his faith in both the regime and human nature.
Oromay became an instant sensation when first published in 1983 and was swiftly banned for its frank depiction of the regime. The author vanished soon thereafter; the consensus is that he was killed in retaliation for Oromay. A sweeping and timeless story about power and betrayal in love and war, the novel remains Girma's masterp
Autoren-Porträt von Baalu Girma
Baalu Girma (1939-?) is one of Ethiopia's greatest writers and Oromay is his most famous novel. He began his career as a journalist in Ethiopia in the 1960s, eventually becoming both a well-known novelist and a top official in the Ministry of Information under the Derg dictatorship. He based his last novel, Oromay, on the Red Star Campaign, an audacious government effort to crush a long-running insurgency, for which he was in charge of propaganda. His candid portrayal of the regime caused a sensation and the government immediately banned Oromay. Six months later, on Valentine's Day 1984, Girma vanished under suspicious circumstances. He has not been seen since, and no definitive evidence has emerged about his fate. The consensus is that he was murdered by the regime in retaliation for Oromay, which has since become one of Ethiopia's most famous and best loved novels.David DeGusta is a writer and translator based in the East Bay (SF Bay Area). He earned an MFA in fiction from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where he received the 2023 Henfield Prize in Fiction. Previously, he worked as a paleoanthropologist in Ethiopia. He can be found at www.davidwrites.net or on social media @davidwrites1.
Mesfin Felleke Yirgu is a board member of the Baalu Girma Foundation and a native of Ethiopia.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Baalu Girma
- 2025, 408 Seiten, Englisch
- Übersetzer: David Degusta, Mesfin Felleke Yirgu
- Verlag: Soho Press
- ISBN-10: 1641296674
- ISBN-13: 9781641296670
- Erscheinungsdatum: 04.02.2025
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