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The History of a Difficult Child
- ナレーター： Waceke Wambaa
- 再生時間： 13 時間 40 分
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The History of a Difficult Child
批評家のレビュー
'An extraordinary novel. At once a story of a sharp-witted young girl trying to hold herself together during political upheaval, and an achingly tender tale of community, family, grief and forgiveness.' (Maaza Mengiste, Booker Prize-shortlisted author of THE SHADOW KING)
'Selam, Mihret Sibhat's ferociously witty young narrator, depicts her family's religious and political struggles in Ethiopia in extraordinarily rich and original prose... Deeply moving as well as hilarious. A one-of-a-kind...debut.' (Julie Schumacher, author of DEAR COMMITTEE MEMBERS)
'An unexpected and hilarious voice with a velocity all its own...razor-sharp. Tender and merciless, full of human and political insight.' (V. V. Ganeshananthan, author of BROTHERLESS NIGHT)
あらすじ・解説
Brought to you by Penguin.
Selam is the youngest child in her large turbulent family. Even before she is born, her electrifying omniscience animates life in her Small Town in 1980s southwestern Ethiopia. She arrives like a flash flood; unexpected, strong-willed, roaring.
Selam and her father listen to the radio in secret as the socialist military junta seizes properties and wages civil war in the North. Meanwhile her mother, the powerful and relentlessly dignified Degitu, embraces a persecuted Pentecostal God as she gets sicker. Once an enterprising, landowning family, now they are ostracised under the new regime, and Selam grows up seeking revenge on despotic comrades, neighbourhood bullies and a ruthless God. Wise beyond her years yet thoroughly naive, she contends with an inner fury, a profound sadness, and a throbbing, unstoppable pursuit of education, freedom, and love.