To Asmara

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This national bestseller by the highly acclaimed author of Schindler s List tells the deeply moving and spellbinding story of an alienated Australian journalist s soul searching journey across a war torn Africa. Free Read [ To Asmara ] by [ Thomas Keneally ] – kino-fada.fr From the author of Schindler s Ark, is this book about the Eritrean war of independence The narrator, a journalist going through personal issues of rejection, finds himself at the forefront of a news story on the Eritrean war This is a sparsely documented period of recent history and the book deserves credit for attempting to portray a semi fictional account of this time.The basic setting is this in the 1980s the Ethiopians under the Dergue regime, carpet bombed Eritrea what they From the author of Schindler s Ark, is this book about the Eritrean war of independence The narrator, a journalist going through personal issues of rejection, finds himself at the forefront of a news story on the Eritrean w...I wanted a lotinformation on the causes of the conflict and the cultures of Ethiopia and Eritrea.An amazing read that is really like rides I ve been on through the region It s a slow, wandering book, full of odd characters thrown together under strange circumstances I loved this book, it brought back memories of many trips and many strange travel companions.I was enthralled by this book Having just returned from a 6 week visit to Ethiopia, I was keen to read it, to see how it portrayed the country I d just been to, and its neighbour, Eritrea I also had become friends with several people who had moved to my area in Australia from these two countries as refugees, so it had a double relevance for me.I enjoyed Keneally s style immensely The way he created an intriguing work of fiction, based on historical and anthropological information that he d I was enthralled by this book Having just returned from a 6 week visit to Ethiopia, I was keen to read it, to see how it portrayed the country I d just been to, and its neighbour, Eritrea I also had become friends with several people who had moved to my area in Australia from these two countries as refugees, so it had a double relevance for me.I enjoyed Keneally s style immensely The way he created an intriguing work of fiction, based on historical and anthropological information that he d obviously researched very well I had been to 3 different museums ...This novel about the Eritrean Ethiopian conflict was listed in the bibliography of CUTTING FOR STONE The novel follows a small group of foreigners into the war zone with the action seen through the eyes of Darcy, a journalist It is a compelling, upsetting story by the author Schindler s List.Found at a cake stall 1 of 7 books for 5 total.To Asmara by Thomas Keneally does a great job of comparing and contrasting Fryer River, an area of Australia, and Eritrea The narrator of this story is also an Australian who travels to the war torn Horn of Africa for his work as a journalist More interesting than the landscape are the indigenous people of both continents who clearly have ...Strange book that did t seem to be able to decide if it was going to be a novel or non fiction The story itself really went no where and was used simply as a vehicle to show the civil war This could of been SOOOO muchand I kept hoping ...Read it on kindle i wasn t thrilled with the book as it felt clunky but i tend to not lot like books read as e books as much as those read in book form.Was this a travelogue through a war zone or a novel It readlike the former.It didn t work as a novel although it was interestingread about Eritrea.

To Asmara
  • English
  • 12 March 2018
  • Paperback
  • 308 pages
  • 0446391719
  • Thomas Keneally
  • To Asmara