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Synopsis
In this novel, a young radical is unwillingly taking his dying nobleman father on a pilgrimage to an Ethiopian shrine by a mountain lake. The journey becomes not only a search for a cure, but also a last attempt to heal the breach between age and youth in their family. Their relationship is set against the background of the conflict between the ancient Christianity of Ethiopia and the superstition of the people. The young man and his half sister are also drawn together by an ideal of freedom, but the imagined incest drives him to another girl. Deeply symbolic, this novel evokes the rich contrasts of life in present-day Ethiopia.
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About the Author
Daniachew Worku (1936-1994) was one of Ethiopia’s foremost modernist writers. Besides The Thirteenth Sun, he wrote several other novels, short stories, plays, and poetry. He also taught Amharic literature and drama at Addis Ababa University and was for a while the director of a publishing house. Another novel, Shout it from the Mountaintop, finished just before his death, will also be published soon by The Red Sea Press.
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- PublisherRed Sea Pr
- ISBN 10 1569021228
- ISBN 13 9781569021224
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
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