{"product_id":"9781784109479","title":"Songs We Learn from Trees : An Anthology of Ethiopian Amharic Poetry by Chris Beckett","description":"Finalist for the 2021 Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry                              This is the very first anthology of Ethiopian poetry in English, packed with all the energy, wit and heartache of a beautiful country and language. From folk and religious poems, warrior boasts, praises of women and kings and modern plumbing; through a flowering of literary poets in the twentieth century; right up to thirty of the most exciting contemporary Amharic poets working both inside and outside the country.                  These poems ask what it means to be Ethiopian today, part of a young fast-growing economy, heirs to the one African state which was never colonised, but beset by deep political, ethnic and moral problems.                  Join the #songfromtrees virtual launch tour on our YouTube channel, for new videos from contributors every day between 8th - 13th June 2020.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305267966325,"sku":"9781784109479","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781784109479.jpg?v=1762797217","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781784109479","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}