Title The conscript : a novel of Libya's anticolonial war / by Gebreyesus Hailu ; translated from the Tigrinya by Ghirmai Negash ; introduction by Laura Chrisman.

Publication Info.	Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2012.
	(Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2013).

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Description	1 online resource (64 pages).
	Eritreans lcdgt
	Men lcdgt
Series	Modern African writing
	Modern African writing.
Note	"First edition (in Tigrinya), Pietro Silla Printing Press, Asmara ([1927], 1950)."
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Introduction by Laura Chrisman -- Preface to the Tigrinya edition -- A portrait of youth -- The departure from Asmara -- Deep in the wilderness -- The thirst of death.
Note	Print version record.
Summary	Eloquent and thought-provoking, this classic novel by the Eritrean novelist Gebreyesus Hailu, written in Tigrinya in 1927 and published in 1950, is one of the earliest novels written in an African language and will have a major impact on the reception and critical appraisal of African literature. The Conscript depicts, with irony and controlled anger, the staggering experiences of the Eritrean ascari, soldiers conscripted to fight in Libya by the Italian colonial army against the nationalist Libyan forces fighting for their freedom from Italy's colonial rule. Anticipating midcentury thinker.
Subject	Libya -- History -- 1912-1951 -- Fiction.
	Italy -- Colonies -- Africa -- History, Military -- Fiction.
	Draftees -- Eritrea -- Fiction.
	Eritreans -- Libya -- Fiction.
	LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
	Colonies. (OCoLC)fst00868456
	Draftees. (OCoLC)fst01736091
	Eritreans. (OCoLC)fst00914726
	Eritrea. (OCoLC)fst01266183
	Italy. (OCoLC)fst01204565
	Libya. (OCoLC)fst01205534
Chronological Term	1912 - 1951
Genre/Form	Novels.
	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Military history. (OCoLC)fst01411630
Added Author	Chrisman, Laura.
	Negash, Ghirmai.
Other Form:	Print version: Hailu, Gebreyesus, 1906-1993. Conscript. Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2012 (DLC) 2012040505
Standard No.	40021751907
ISBN	9780821444450 (electronic bk.)
	082144445X (electronic bk.)

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