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The Shadow King: A Novel

byMaaza Mengiste

Maaza Mengiste uses The Shadow King to investigate a Novel through a carefully framed novel. Moving between close detail and context, the book explains the forces surrounding its subject and connects them to the wider field of fiction. Throughout, the author balances an accessible narrative with the complexity needed to understand motives, constraints, and disputed interpretations. What emerges is a nuanced account of the subject, its immediate consequences, and its wider meaning. The approach makes a specialized subject understandable without stripping away its tensions or ambiguity.

Publisher

Norton & Company Limited, W. W.

Publication date

2020

Format

Print edition

Pages

448

ISBN

9780393358513