The Wife's Tale is an intimate memoir, both of a life and of a country. In prose steeped in Yetemegnu's distinctive voice and point of view, Aida Edemariam retells her grandmother's stories of a childhood surrounded by proud priests and soldiers, of her husband's imprisonment, of her fight for justice - all of it played out against an ancient. “The Wife’s Tale is the extraordinary memoir of a woman who lived through the cataclysmic events that shaped modern Ethiopian history. The narrative, which is lovingly and expertly put together by her granddaughter, is a window into a world that would otherwise be invisible to us.”/5(). · The Wife’s Tale: A Personal History is published by 4th Estate. To order a copy for £ (RRP £) go to www.doorway.ru or call .
The Wife's Tale: A Personal History is written in a style that truly reminds me of the Bible. The form it takes is so high and mighty that it plods along from era to era in Aida Edemariam's personal history. I just wish there had been a personal voice in this epic - there was such potential for a melody to string each "month" together. Buy a cheap copy of The Wife's Tale: A Personal History book by Aida Edemariam. Free shipping over $ Posted in Books, Reviews and tagged 4 stars, Adjoa Andoh, Aida Edemariam, audiobook, biography, book review, Ethiopia, history, non-fiction, The Read The World Project, The Wife's Tale: A Personal History on February 6, by elenasquareeyes. 8 Comments Post navigation ←.
THE WIFE’S TALE A Personal History By Aida Edemariam pp. Harper/HarperCollins Publishers. $ Aida Edemariam may not have intended the title of her book to recall the Wife of Bath, of. 'A ring was threaded onto her third finger, another onto the man’s. It would be years before she understood what she had promised’ The Wife’s Tale, a personal history, is the story of one woman’s life growing up and growing old in her native home of Ethiopia. Written by Aida Edemariam, she recalls the stories that her grandmother, Yetemegnu, passed on to her about her life and the incredible changes she witnessed in her country. The Wife’s Taleis an intimate memoir, both of a life and of a country. In prose steeped in Yetemegnu’s distinctive voice and point of view, Aida Edemariam retells her grandmother’s stories of a childhood surrounded by proud priests and soldiers, of her husband’s imprisonment, of her fight for justice – all of it played out against an ancient cycle of festivals and the rhythms of the seasons.
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