Maaza Mengiste

"A brilliant novel, lyrically lifting history towards myth. It's also compulsively readable. I devoured it in two days." -- Salman Rushdie

The Shadow King

Not many are born when they should be. How I hope this time is meant for you.

The photographic negative has been printed and flipped and printed again as if a life happening left-to-right and right-to-left is the same. 

Haven't I taught you to question those who want to hide their brutal deeds behind some invisible gods?

We are going to make Icarus and hurl him into the sun.