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How does Mengiste use fiction as a mode of historiography? How does this fictional narrative disrupt dominant historical understandings of war, colonialism, and resistance?
This novel includes many acts of violence against women, both in the context of war and in domestic and personal contexts. How does Mengiste use these incidents to explore the overlap between war and misogyny?
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