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Every once in a while there emerges a literary voice with the power and urgency to immerse readers deep within a previou. In moses isegawas riveting first novel, the writing is big, but the story is even bigger. And not because it was the first to expose the brutality of idi amins regime, or to delve into the history of pre and postamin uganda it wasnt. Abyssinian chronicles moses isegawa, author alfred a. Abyssinian chronicles by moses isegawa africa book club. Abyssinian chronicles the free library of philadelphia. Abessijnse kronieken abyssinian chronicles isegawas semiautobiographical novel is a rambunctious, sprawling novel which might remind you of peter carey or even salman rushdie.

Isegawas diction lurches clumsily between the grittiest street slang and pompous verbosity. Abyssinian chronicles is an ambitiously conceived novel and it offers an interesting, personal perspective on recent ugandan history. If upon reading the first sentence of moses isegawas debut novel, abyssinian chronicles, in an amsterdam bookstore a few years back, i quickly reread it a few times and committed it to m. Abyssinian chronicles african union commission library. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Every once in a while there emerges a literary voice with the power and urgency to immerse readers deep within a previously invisible culture. Abyssinian chronicles by moses isegawa waterstones. Abyssinian chronicles, isegawas first book, attracted significant attention both locally and internationally when it came out in 2000.

At the center of this unforgettable tale is mugezi, a young man who manages to make it through the hellish reign of idi amin and. Moses isegawa the story of mugezi, left behind when his parents move to the capital city of kampala, who later joins them in the city, attends a repressive catholic seminary, becomes a high school teacher. It tells the story of the narrator, known as mugezi, from his young life in uganda to his. Idi amin, for example, plays a pivotal but passing. He has written novels set against the political turmoil of uganda, which he left in 1990 for the netherlands. At the center of this unforgettable tale is mugezi, a young man who manages to make it through the hellish reign of idi amin and experiences. The author of abyssinian chronicles and snakepit, both published by picador, he now has dutch nationality and lives near amsterdam books by moses isegawa. Abyssinian chronicles, paperback by isegawa, moses, isbn 0375705775, isbn abyssinian chronicles, paperback by isegawa, moses, isbn 0375705775, isbn 9780375705779 in a novel spanning ugandas most bloody recent history, a young african writer introduces mugezi, a witness to the horrors and excesses of idi amins regime. For a long time he used to walk up to tall women who visited his ugandan village, and say. Moses isegawa is currently considered a single author. Moses isegawas spectacular debut, abyssinian chronicles, is an angry epic which follows the fortunes of a rich cast of characters in the turmoil of idi amins uganda. Precious few first novels are as phantasmagoric or as haunting as this one. About abyssinian chronicles like salman rushdie s midnights children and gabriel garcia marquezs one hundred years of solitude, moses isegawas abyssinian chronicles tells a riveting story of twentiethcentury africa that is passionate in vision and breathtaking in scope. Moses isegawas sprawlingly ambitious first novel, abyssinian chronicles, pulls off something of the same feat amid the carnage and chaos of postindependence uganda.

In his hugely impressive abyssinian chronicles moses isegawa renders the chaotic swirl of life in uganda, from a lazy, remote village to the urban rush of kampala. The author of abyssinian chronicles and snakepit, both published by picador, he now has dutch nationality and lives near amsterdam. Buy abyssinian chronicles by moses isegawa from waterstones today. Buy a cheap copy of abyssinian chronicles book by moses isegawa. Abyssinian chronicles is, in every sense, a big book, exploding with big themes and a rich cast of colourful characters. This briskly paced comic epic recounts in lavishly imagined detail its sly narrator mugezis upbringing in 1960s uganda, struggles with demands imposed by his sprawling extended family and divided country, and eventual escape to the mixed blessings of sanctuary in amsterdam. His debut novel, abyssinian chronicles, was first published in amsterdam in 1998, selling more than 100,000 copies and gaining him widespread national. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project gutenberg biodiversity heritage library childrens library. Rushdies midnights children and gabriel garcia marquezs one hundred years of solitude, moses isegawas abyssinian chronicles tells a riveting story of twentiethcentury africa that is passionate in vision and breathtaking in scope. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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