Named one of the Top African Books of 2020
Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original anthologies. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city.
What marks life in Addis Ababa are the starkly different realities coexisting in one place. It’s a growing city taking shape beneath the fraught weight of history, myth, and memory. It is a heady mix. It is in this space that the stories of Addis Ababa Noir reside . . .
Despite the varied and distinct voices in these pages, no single book can contain all of the wonderful, intriguing, vexing complexities of Addis Ababa. But what you will read are stories by some of Ethiopia’s most talented writers.
“Addis Ababa Noir is a beautiful read, and it succeeds in the historical excavation it undertakes . . . a powerful collection, carefully curated and plunging unexpected depths.” —New Frame
“Each contributor embraces day-to-day life in Ethiopia, and fills each story with a rich sense of time, place, and character. The authors also reveal much about a culture unfamiliar to many American readers.” —Publishers Weekly
(Group read suggestion from Beth McCrea, book club co-founder.)
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