SPOTLIGHT MAAZA MENGISTE
Apr 16, 2020
3 minutes
Words: Subi Shah
Photo: Nina Subin
For someone who has written so graphically about the violence of war in the country of her birth, Maaza Mengiste has a surprisingly peaceful air about her. She smiles serenely as I stress about why my dictaphone isn’t working properly as the single hour I have booked for my interview ticks down, and says: ‘It’s fine, just take your time, I’ve learned not to hurry things.’
This is certainly true: her first novel, , was
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