Bookish Quote of the Day:“A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.”
– Italo Calvino
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Literary Pic of the Day:
Beneath the Lion's Gazeby Maaza Mengiste
W. W. Norton (Jan. 11, 2010)
Fiction
305 pages
Summary in a Sentence:
Hailu, a physician, his wife Selam, and their two grown sons, Dawit and Yonas, face the trauma of the 1974 revolution in Ethiopia in their own ways, with Hailu being ordered to report to jail for aiding a victim of state-sanctioned torture, Yonas struggling to protect his wife and daughter, and Dawit becoming active in the fight.
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7 comments:
Loved Aarti and J.S. Peyon's posts too! Off to check out the rest...
I never read a book on the 1974 revolution, Beneath The Lion's Gaze sounds like a great book!
I absolutely love that quote. Great post.
That is exactly what a classic is - perfect quote!
Excellent quote! Great author.
Love the quote. I'm putting Beneath the Lion's Gaze on my radar too.
I have never read a book set in Ethiopia, but it does sound like a fascinating book. On the list it goes, and thanks!
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