{"title":"Maaza Mengiste","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaaza Mengiste nasceu em Adis-Abeba, na Etiópia. Sua família foi obrigada a fugir do país durante o golpe militar de 1974, quando ela ainda era criança. Mengiste foi criada na Nigéria e no Quênia, depois foi para os Estados Unidos. Indicada ao Pushcart Prize, foi considerada “novo ídolo literário” pela revista \u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e. Atualmente vive no Brooklyn, Nova York.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sob-o-olhar-do-leao","title":"Under the lion's gaze","description":"\"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eAcclaimed by \u003cem\u003eNew York\u003c\/em\u003e magazine and nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Ethiopian writer Maaza Mengiste revisits her homeland in a powerful novel.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The plot of \u003cem\u003e\"Under the Lion's Eye\"\u003c\/em\u003e is set in 1970s Ethiopia, ravaged by war, famine, and a severe economic crisis. The author tells the story of a family torn apart by social and political chaos, the result of a coup d'état carried out by Derg militants—a junta created by a group of Marxist military men who embraced violence—against the legendary Emperor Haile Selassie. In this hostile environment, the experienced doctor Hailu struggles to maintain his family's foundations while watching his wife's health, stricken with a serious illness, deteriorate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe military coup will have different effects on their children: while the youngest, Dawit, grows ever closer to a militia hostile to the Derg, the eldest, the passive Yonas, sees his marriage crumble as he turns with all his strength to religion. Father and children will be permanently marked by the violence of an authoritarian regime and the difficulties of family life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e The atrocities of a turbulent period in Ethiopian history, coupled with the complex web of human relationships in the face of violence and loss, are masterfully explored in \u003cem\u003eUnder the Lion's Eye\u003c\/em\u003e , Maaza Mengiste's debut novel. A courageous account of the powerful and the anonymous, truth and lies, reality and fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159432544508,"sku":"9788501088017","price":89.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/4d2c1084265fd4c95ceed1f350121d8a.jpg?v=1778325234"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/maaza-mengiste.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}