El rey en la sombra
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Portela, M. Edurne, 1974- writer of prologue.
Clavero, Inés, translator.
Meneses Vilar, Montse, translator.
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Barcelona : Galaxia Gutenberg, 2021.
Status
Forest Ave. Library - Spanish Fiction - Adult
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Published
Barcelona : Galaxia Gutenberg, 2021.
Format
Book
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446 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Language
Spanish

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"En esta novela monumental Maaza mengiste indaga en las vidas casi borradas de las mujeres de su Etiopía natal que participaron en la guerra de resistencia ante la invasión italiana fascista que comenzó en 1935. A través de los personajes de El rey en la sombra complejos y llenos de aristas, con sus luces y sus sombras- Mengiste nos desvela las graves consecuencias de una violencia omnipresente que deja profundas cicatrices, como la que decora el cuello de Hirt, la protagonista de esta novela, o la orfandad del judío Ettore al saber que a sus padres les lan trasladado a un campo de concentración. El régimen de Mussolini, cómplice del plan de exterminio nazi, no tiene reparos en ejercer una violencia similar contra los etíopes en la guerra de ocupación. Pero también hay otras violencias que recaen sobre las mujeres protagonistas de esta historia, víctimas de una sociedad patriarcal en la que las niñas son sometidas a matrimonios forzados, la violencia sexual dentro del matrimonia está normalizada y la servitud y la servidumbre son aceptadas sin ningún tipo de cuestonamiento. Hirut le dice a Ettore: «Oye a los muertos cada vez más alto: Hemos de ser oídos. Hemos de ser recordados. Hemos de ser conocidos.» Y con ello se desencadena el torrente de la memoria. Te invito a que te dejes llevar por él y descubras esta épica sin gloria ni héroes, esta gesta que aborrece la violencia, esta novela de una guerra llena de duelos y heridas, esta memoria que acaricia sus cicatrices."--,Amazon.com.
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"In this monumental novel, Maaza mengiste delves into the almost erased lives of the women of her native Ethiopia who participated in the resistance war against the fascist Italian invasion that began in 1935. Through the complex and full of edges, with its lights and its shadows- Mengiste reveals to us the serious consequences of an omnipresent violence that leaves deep scars, such as the one that decorates the neck of Hirt, the protagonist of this novel, or the orphanage of the Jew Ettore knowing that his parents were transferred to a concentration camp. The Mussolini regime, complicit in the Nazi extermination plan, has no qualms about using similar violence against Ethiopians in the war of occupation. But there is also other violence that falls on the women protagonists of this story, victims of a patriarchal society in which girls are subjected to forced marriages, sexual violence within the matr imonia is normalized and servitude and servitude are accepted without any kind of questioning. Hirut tells Ettore: "Hear the dead louder and louder: We must be heard. We have to be remembered. We are to be known." And with it the torrent of memory is unleashed. I invite you to let yourself be carried away by it and discover this epic without glory or heroes, this feat that abhors violence, this novel of a war full of duels and wounds, this memory that caresses its scars."--,Amazon.com .
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Text in Spanish.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Mengiste, M., Portela, M. E., Clavero, I., & Meneses Vilar, M. (2021). El rey en la sombra (Primera edición.). Galaxia Gutenberg.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Maaza Mengiste et al.. 2021. El Rey En La Sombra. Barcelona: Galaxia Gutenberg.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Maaza Mengiste et al.. El Rey En La Sombra Barcelona: Galaxia Gutenberg, 2021.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Mengiste, Maaza, M. Edurne Portela, Inés Clavero, and Montse Meneses Vilar. El Rey En La Sombra Primera edición., Galaxia Gutenberg, 2021.

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