by Moses Isegawa · Punto De Lectura · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466305556
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«Crónicas abisinias» is the contemporary fiction novel by Moses Isegawa, published by Punto de Lectura in paperback (845 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows a young Ugandan growing up in a country shaken by political violence and war; his trajectory serves to portray family life, society, and the history of Uganda. Translated from English into Spanish by Luis Ogg, it is a work of historical fiction and African literature.
The work was originally published in English as «Abyssinian Chronicles» in 1998; this Spanish edition is from 2002.
It will appeal to lovers of African literature and contemporary historical fiction.
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.
