Monthly Archives: May 2021

Reading Well: The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Maaza Mengiste‘s second novel, The Shadow King (2019), illuminates an oft-overlooked period in Ethiopian history, the occupation by Italian forces under Mussolini as part of fascist military activity in Africa in World War II. Mengiste tells this story through an … Continue reading →

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Reading Well: The Day the Sun Died by Yan Lianke

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Daniel (@MKNN)

Published in 2015 and translated into English in 2018, The Day the Sun Died is the story of what happens to village in China that is plunged into everlasting night and widespread, violent insomnia. Those afflicted initially wander aimlessly, with … Continue reading →

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