{"product_id":"beneath-the-lions-gaze-9780393338881","title":"Beneath the Lion's Gaze","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis memorable, heartbreaking story opens in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1974, on the eve of a revolution. Yonas kneels in his mother's prayer room, pleading to his god for an end to the violence that has wracked his family and country. His father, Hailu, a prominent doctor, has been ordered to report to jail after helping a victim of state-sanctioned torture to die. And Dawit, Hailu's youngest son, has joined an underground resistance movement--a choice that will lead to more upheaval and bloodshed across a ravaged Ethiopia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eBeneath the Lion's Gaze\u003c\/em\u003e tells a gripping story of family, of the bonds of love and friendship set in a time and place that has rarely been explored in fiction. It is a story about the lengths human beings will go in pursuit of freedom and the human price of a national revolution. Emotionally gripping, poetic, and indelibly tragic, \u003cem\u003eBeneath The Lion's Gaze\u003c\/em\u003e is a transcendent and powerful debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMengiste, Maaza:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, \u003cstrong\u003eMaaza Mengiste\u003c\/strong\u003e received a 2020 Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Also a Fulbright Scholar and a professor at Queens College, she is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Shadow King\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBeneath the Lion's Gaze\u003c\/em\u003e, and a 2018 recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. She lives in New York City.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523569651986,"sku":"9780393338881","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ce12e02d-0f68-4834-9bf7-e1e7c43f254f.jpg?v=1731152816","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beneath-the-lions-gaze-9780393338881","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}