by Moses Isegawa · Ediciones B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440689030
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«Crónicas abisinias» is the novel by Moses Isegawa, published by Ediciones B in 2000, in paperback (624 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Mugesi from his childhood in a Ugandan village to the capital, where he studies at a Catholic seminary. His life intersects with the rise of Idi Amin, the guerrilla movement and emigration to the Netherlands; the narrative links personal experience with a critical view of Africa's recent history and colonialism.
This Spanish-language edition is part of the Afluentes collection from Ediciones B and includes the translation by Luis Ogg.
For readers interested in African literature and novels with a historical and political backdrop.
Moses Isegawa, also known as Sey Wava, is a Ugandan author. He has written novels set against the political turmoil of Uganda, which he left in the 1990s for the Netherlands. His debut novel, Abyssinian Chronicles, was first published in Amsterdam in 1998, selling more than 100,000 copies and gaining him widespread national attention. It was also very well reviewed when published in English in the United Kingdom and United States, in 2001. Isegawa became a naturalized Dutch citizen, but he returned to live in Uganda in 2006.
