TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hailu,Gebreyesus
AU  - Chrisman,Laura
AU  - Negash,Ghirmai
TI  - The conscript: a novel of Libya's anticolonial war 
T2  - Modern African writing
SN  - 9780821444450
AV  - PJ9111.9.H35 C6613 2012x
U1  - 892.833 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Athens, OH
PB  - Ohio University Press
KW  - Draftees
KW  - Eritrea
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Eritreans
KW  - Libya
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - African
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Italian colonies
KW  - History
KW  - 1912-1951
KW  - Italy
KW  - Colonies
KW  - Africa
KW  - History, Military
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Military history
KW  - Novels
KW  - lcgft
N1  - "First edition (in Tigrinya), Pietro Silla Printing Press, Asmara ([1927], 1950)."; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction by Laura Chrisman -- Preface to the Tigrinya edition -- A portrait of youth -- The departure from Asmara -- Deep in the wilderness -- The thirst of death
N2  - Eloquent and thought-provoking, this classic novel by the Eritrean novelist Gebreyesus Hailu, written in Tigrinya in 1927 and published in 1950, is one of the earliest novels written in an African language and will have a major impact on the reception and critical appraisal of African literature. The Conscript depicts, with irony and controlled anger, the staggering experiences of the Eritrean ascari, soldiers conscripted to fight in Libya by the Italian colonial army against the nationalist Libyan forces fighting for their freedom from Italy's colonial rule. Anticipating midcentury thinker
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