Addis Ababa Noir

Author:   Maaza Mengiste ,  Sulaiman Addonia ,  Mikael Awake ,  Girma T. Fantaye
Publisher:   Akashic Books,U.S.
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9781617759529


Pages:   212
Publication Date:   04 August 2020
Format:   Hardback
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"Addis Ababa is a sprawling melting pot of cultures where rich and poor live side by side in relative harmony--until they don't. ""Several of the 14 stories here, most of them striking and accomplished, involve post-revolution loss, guilt and revenge. Some are surreal--fitting for a culture where, as Mengiste writes in her introduction, 'there are men who live in the mountains of Ethiopia and can turn into hyenas.'"" --Washington Post ""While most stories told about or set in Africa deny the continent and the nearly 60 countries that constitute it narrative complexity, this anthology works overtime to get specific about the people and problems that define Addis Ababa."" --Los Angeles Review of Books Maaza Mengiste’s story ""Dust, Ash, Flight"" has won the 2021 Edgar Award for Best Short Story, presented by the Mystery Writers of America! ""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 ""Addis Ababa Noir is a beautiful read, and it succeeds in the historical excavation it undertakes...[It] is a powerful collection, carefully curated and plunging unexpected depths."" --New Frame ""[The book’s] strength is these writer’s unflinching approach to reality...The other major plus is the opportunity to discover many accomplished Ethiopian writers. A book to definitely explore.” --Dispatches from Ethiopia ""A taut collection of thrilling stories that encompasses modes from the realistic to the uncanny."" --Vol. 1 Brooklyn “Editor Maaza Mengiste takes the idea of Noir well beyond the well trod paths of crime stories. Mengiste’s vision of Noir embraces myth, memory and the paranormal.” --Ink19 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. 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 T. Fantaye, Teferi Nigussie Tafa, Hannah Giorgis, and Bewketu Seyoum. From the introduction by Maaza Mengiste: What marks life in Addis Ababa are the starkly different realities coexisting in one place. It's a growing city taking shape beneath the fraught weight of history, myth, and memory. It is a heady mix. It can also be disorienting, and it is in this space that the stories of Addis Ababa Noir reside...These are not gentle stories. They cross into forbidden territories and traverse the damaged terrain of the human heart. The characters in these pages are complicated, worthy of our judgment as much as they somehow manage to elude it. The writers have each discovered their own ways to get us to lean in while forcing us to grit our teeth as we draw closer...Despite the varied and distinct voices in these pages, no single book can contain all of the wonderful, intriguing, vexing complexities of Addis Ababa. But what you will read are stories by some of Ethiopia's most talented writers living in the country and abroad. Each of them considers the many ways that myth and truth and a country's dark edges come together to create something wholly original--and unsettling."

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Author:   Maaza Mengiste ,  Sulaiman Addonia ,  Mikael Awake ,  Girma T. Fantaye
Publisher:   Akashic Books,U.S.
Imprint:   Akashic Books,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.417kg
ISBN:  

9781617759529


ISBN 10:   161775952
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   04 August 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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The stories vary in style, each author morphing their personal philosophies and versions of Ethiopian noir into their fiction. --What's Out! Addis


"""Several of the 14 stories here, most of them striking and accomplished, involve post-revolution loss, guilt and revenge. Some are surreal--fitting for a culture where, as Mengiste writes in her introduction, 'there are men who live in the mountains of Ethiopia and can turn into hyenas.'"" --Washington Post ""While most stories told about or set in Africa deny the continent and the nearly 60 countries that constitute it narrative complexity, this anthology works overtime to get specific about the people and problems that define Addis Ababa."" --Los Angeles Review of Books Maaza Mengiste's story ""Dust, Ash, Flight"" has won the 2021 Edgar Award for Best Short Story, presented by the Mystery Writers of America! ""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 ""Addis Ababa Noir is a beautiful read, and it succeeds in the historical excavation it undertakes...[It] is a powerful collection, carefully curated and plunging unexpected depths."" --New Frame ""[The book's] strength is these writer's unflinching approach to reality...The other major plus is the opportunity to discover many accomplished Ethiopian writers. A book to definitely explore."" --Dispatches from Ethiopia ""A taut collection of thrilling stories that encompasses modes from the realistic to the uncanny."" --Vol. 1 Brooklyn ""Editor Maaza Mengiste takes the idea of Noir well beyond the well trod paths of crime stories. Mengiste's vision of Noir embraces myth, memory and the paranormal."" --Ink19 ""Booker Prize shortlistee Maaza Mengiste rounds up a brilliant cast of Ethiopian writers to ponder the dark underbelly of one of Africa's oldest cities through page-turning crime stories guaranteed to keep your pulse thumping."" --Brittle Paper, One of 50 Notable African Books of 2020 ""The 14 stories in the collection give one a snapshot of Ethiopian writers, new and established, and of what they can do. It makes one scramble for more of their work. Mengiste and Akashic have done us a service by putting together this intriguing collection."" --New York Journal of Books Included in African Book Addict's 2020 New Releases Preview ""The standouts ensure evocative glimpses into a bustling, multi-ethnic, multilingual metropolis few in the West will have visited."" --Shelf Awareness for Readers ""Novelist Mengiste presents 14 stories showcasing Ethiopia's capital at its darkest...A nice variety of bad behavior. East, West: Noir's best."" --Kirkus Reviews ""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 ""The stories vary in style, each author morphing their personal philosophies and versions of Ethiopian noir into their fiction."" --What's Out! Addis"


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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.

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