Banchiwosen Woldeyesus: The Town Under the Mountains, Gebunden

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In the small Ethiopian town of Tiya, women are expected to bow to men and must navigate a mountainous terrain dominated by patriarchy. Yet, amid ensets and eucalyptus and fig trees, women of all ages and social roles discover their own ways to resist the expectations thrust upon them. Here, a young woman refuses an arranged marriage, a daughter reclaims her mother's erased name, a wife asserts her right to divorce. Their interior, interpersonal, and collective acts of resistance imagine liberation from gender-based oppression for Gurage women.

Grounded in rich sensory language, Banchiwosen Woldeyesus's The Town Under the Mountains is an evocative collection of eleven short stories that lingers in the inner worlds of these characters as they observe Tiya's rigid norms and choose how they will live within or beyond them. This heartbreaking and carefully constructed book thrums with deep considerations of the meaning of family, belonging, and freedom.

To any reader who has felt outcast, who has questioned the traditions of their homeplace, or who has yearned for justice, The Town Under the Mountainsis welcome company.