Addis Ababa Noir

by Maaza Mengiste

Book Overview

Maaza Mengiste's story "Dust, Ash, Flight" has won the 2021 Edgar Award for Best Short Story, presented by the Mystery Writers of America

"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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1617758205
• ISBN13: 9781617758201
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Akashic Books, Ltd.
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.2"