The Wife’s Tale: A Personal History. Aida Edemariam
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Название: The Wife’s Tale: A Personal History
Автор: Aida Edemariam
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Биографии и Мемуары
isbn: 9780007459612
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Cover photograph by an unknown Italian, reproduced by permission of Professor Edemariam Tsega and Dr Frances Lester
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Source ISBN: 9780007459605
Ebook edition: February 2018 ISBN: 9780007459612
Version: 2018-01-03
For Rahel
CONTENTS
THE THIRTEENTH MONTH
Rains broken by occasional sunshine. Examination of boys in church school to decide who will be deacons. End of fiscal year. New Year’s Eve.
Four coals huddled into a low clay pot, glowing red through their films of ash. My grandmother reached in among the folds of her shawl and drew from a small pouch a kernel of frankincense. She dropped it among the coals and СКАЧАТЬ