- Paperback: 256 pages
- Published: 8/4/20
- IBSN: 9781617758201
- e-IBSN: 9781617758270
- Genre: Fiction
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Addis Ababa Noir (Ethiopia)
Award-winning novelist Mengiste artfully ushers the City of Humans, Ethiopia’s bustling capital, into the Noir Series arena.
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before August 4, 2020.
Forthcoming: 8/4/20
What people are saying…
“Addis is one of Africa’s—and the world’s—most vibrant, dynamic scene, and the new Akashic collection displays it in all its complexity. With acclaimed writer Maaza Mengiste at the editing helm, the book brings together an exciting collection of voices exploring the city’s noir side. This is a chance for readers to discover an important literary scene and to explore a city’s past and present.”
—CrimeReads, One of the Most Anticipated Crime Books of 2020
“Each contributor embraces day-to-day life in Ethiopia, and fills each story with a rich sense of time, place, and character. The authors reveal much about a culture unfamiliar to many American readers.”
—Publishers Weekly
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Description
Now available for preorder. All preorders will ship on or before August 4, 2020.
Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.
Addis Ababa (simply “Addis” to locals), considered by some to be the original home of humankind, is a sprawling melting pot of cultures where rich and poor live side by side in relative harmony—until they don’t. Maaza Mengiste’s award-winning fiction and nonfiction have consistently reflected the lives of Ethiopia’s everyday people, against the backdrop of migration, war, and exile. Here, in this masterfully edited collection showcasing the country’s finest literary talent, Mengiste brings this same razor-sharp sensibility to her city of birth, pulling back the curtain on despair and depravity, offering an intimate glimpse into the raw, beating heart of Addis Ababa.
Brand-new stories by: Maaza Mengiste, Adam Reta, Mahtem Shiferraw, Linda Yohannes, Sulaiman Addonia, Meron Hadero, Mikael Awake, Lelissa Girma, Rebecca Fisseha, Solomon Hailemariam, Girma Fantaye, Teferi Nigussie Tafa, Hannah Giorgis, and Bewketu Seyoum.
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- Subjects: Black Interest, Forthcoming, Literary Fiction, Mysteries & Crime, Noir Series
- Tags: Adam Reta, Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa Noir, Africa, Akashic Noir Series, Bewketu Seyoum, crime, crime fiction, Ethiopia, Girma Fantaye, Hannah Giorgis, Lelissa Girma, Linda Yohannes, Maaza Mengiste, Mahtem Shiferraw, Meron Hadero, Mikael Awake, Noir Series, Rebecca Fisseha, Solomon Hailemariam, Sulaiman Addonia, Teferi Nigussie Tafa
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Author
MAAZA MENGISTE is a novelist and essayist who was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Fulbright Scholar Program, the National Endowment for the Arts, and Creative Capital. Her debut novel, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze, was selected by the Guardian as one of the ten best contemporary African books and named one of the best books of 2010 by Christian Science Monitor, Boston Globe, and other publications. Her work can be found in the New Yorker, New York Review of Books, Granta, the Guardian, the New York Times, Rolling Stone, and BBC, among other places. She was a writer on the documentary projects Girl Rising and The Invisible City: Kakuma. Her second novel, The Shadow King, was published in September 2019. She is the editor of Addis Ababa Noir.
