Books by Nega Mezlekia and Complete Book Reviews

Nega Mezlekia, Author . Picador USA $23 (256p) ISBN 978-0-312-28701-6
Though rich in ancient legend, this first novel by the Ethiopia-born author of the memoir Notes from the Hyena's Belly slips too often into conventional historical storytelling and formulaic romance. Set in what is today Ethiopia, toward the...
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Nega Mezlekia, Author Picador USA $24 (368p) ISBN 978-0-312-26988-3
""Hyenas are the most common, notorious predators in Ethiopia,"" notes Mezlekia, thus their power in local myth and as a metaphor for the forces that have torn Ethiopia apart in recent decades. This lyrical memoir of an Ethiopian childhood echoes...
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