Дорога на Асмару

The novel is set against one of the largest humanitarian disasters of the late twentieth century, the man-made famine and war in Ethiopia in 1984–1986. A young Ukrainian, a military interpreter with the Soviet aid groups, searches for the causes of the tragedy, realises he has become part of a cynical deception, and begins a desperate game with the devil. It is a story of choice and of an identity rediscovered, with two love stories set in a time of decisive change and a family secret that ties the two plot lines into a tight knot.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

508 pages in the original

Genres

War, Historical, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

Ethiopia, 1984–1986

First published

2016 by Кліо

Author's age

59 when first published

ISBN

9786177023424 (original)