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Queen of Flowers and Pearls

English, Gabriella Ghermandi, Giovanna Bellesia-Contuzzi, Victoria Offredi Poletto, 2015
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Gabriella Ghermandi was born in Addis Ababa and lives in Bologna, Italy. She writes and acts in narrative plays that she produces in Italy and Switzerland. She also conducts creative writing workshops for schools. This is her first novel. Giovanna Bellesia-Contuzzi is a professor of Italian language and literature at Smith College. She is a translator, with Victoria Offredi Poletto, of Little Mother. Victoria Offredi Poletto is a senior lecturer in Italian emerita at Smith College.

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Mahlet, a young Ethiopian girl with a gift for storytelling, has a special bond with Yacob, the oldest in her household. When Yacob tells her stories of how he and the other warriors fought in the resistance against the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, Mahlet vows to become the keeper and plate of her family's stories.

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Language
English
Author
Gabriella GhermandiGiovanna Bellesia-ContuzziVictoria Offredi Poletto
Year
2015
Number of pages
296

General information

Item number
7373559
Publisher
Indiana University
Category
Fiction
Release date
19.1.2018

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Language
English
Author
Gabriella GhermandiGiovanna Bellesia-ContuzziVictoria Offredi Poletto
Year
2015
Number of pages
296

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