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Short-listed for the 2003
Thomas Cook Travel Book Award
This book will stand beside Philip Gouravitch's Rwandan book, WE WISH TO
INFORM YOU THAT TOMORROW YOU WILL BE KILLED WITH YOUR FAMILIES, as a
classic account of contemporary Africa..
'This
exquisite narrative ... has all the bittersweet anger and gratitude
of Orwell’s escape from Barcelona [in Homage to Catalonia]'
Independent
'Kapuscinski
unforgettably recorded the demise of Haile Selassie ... Hill’s book
is the next best thing written about this benighted and beguiling' Observer
'Justin Hill has a keen eye for detail ... the novel is
extraordinarily well crafted' Observer
Asmara is the capital of Eritrea - a surreally Italian city at the
centre of an ex-Italian colony that has been at war with its
neighbour Ethiopia (who claim sovereignty over Eritrea) for over ten
years. Amidst broken palaces (built by the late Ethiopian emperor
Haile Selassie), nomadic desert encampments and war-torn towns, Hill
found a god-fearing people remarkably resistant to everything fate
has thrown at them. This book is a tribute to their resilience and
will stand beside Philip Gouravitch's Rwandan book, WE WISH TO
INFORM YOU THAT TOMORROW YOU WILL BE KILLED WITH YOUR FAMILIES, as a
classic account of contemporary Africa..
Standfords Bookshop
Independent
Irish Business Post
'This
exquisite narrative ... has all the bittersweet anger and
gratitude of Orwell’s escape from Barcelona [in Homage to
Catalonia]'
Independent
'Kapuscinski unforgettably recorded the demise of Haile
Selassie ... Hill’s book is the next best thing written about
this benighted and beguiling place'
Observer
'The
tone is low key, but the story it tells is anything but that: a
brief and beautiful moment of calm between storms'
Sunday Times
'Vivid
and engaging'
Big Issue
'Hill
is a great and passionate storyteller, and his account is both
readable and important'
Independent
on Sunday
'a beautiful
tapestry woven from historical fact and personal testimony.
It is a captivating memoir tinged with tragedy and regret.
Hill’s parting message rings out loud and clear: beneath the
confusion, destruction and chaos, there lies a culture crying
out for recognition.'
Chingford Guardian. Mark Collins
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