{"product_id":"abyssinian-chronicles-9780375705779","title":"Abyssinian Chronicles","description":"Like Salman Rushdie's \u003cb\u003eMidnight's Children\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand Gabriel Garcia Marquez's \u003cb\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/b\u003e, Moses Isegawa's \u003cb\u003eAbyssinian Chronicles\u003c\/b\u003e tells a riveting story of twentieth-century Africa that is passionate in vision and breathtaking in scope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the center of this unforgettable tale is Mugezi, a young man who manages to make it through the hellish reign of Idi Amin and experiences firsthand the most crushing aspects of Ugandan society: he withstands his distant father's oppression and his mother's cruelty in the name of Catholic zeal, endures the ravages of war, rape, poverty, and AIDS, and yet he is able to keep a hopeful and even occasionally amusing outlook on life. Mugezi's hard-won observations form a cri de coeur for a people shaped by untold losses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoses Isegawa was born in Uganda. He lives in the Netherlands.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491700478226,"sku":"9780375705779","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_01d570a8-66f8-4c5c-a11d-31f9c459fb23.jpg?v=1730550610","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/abyssinian-chronicles-9780375705779","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}