Of Interest to the General Public

von Maaza Mengiste

72 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Inspired by the history of the 1868 Napier expedition and the burning of the palace fortress at Magdala, Of Interest to the General Public is a ­narration by the Ethiopian writer and photographer Maaza Mengiste. She combines photographs and text to re-imagine the journey of the stunning and elaborately made royal cloak from Ethiopia – out of battle, through fire, over mountains to cross the waters into Berlin, Germany.

The œuvre of Maaza Mengiste, who currently lives in New York, is composed from voices and stories that have been excluded, from gaps that seem inexplicable, from images, objects and places that pulse with pasts unresolved.

• Reihe: Objekte widersprechen – Objects Talk Back
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein 1900 bis 2000 Postkoloniale Literatur
• ISBN: 9783035808612
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.04.2026
• Größe: 17 x 11 cm
• Verlag: DIAPHANES