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Wikipedia article'Love to the Grave' (Amharic: ) is an Amharic novel by Haddis Alemayehu published in 1968. It is one of the best known novels in Ethiopia and is considered a classic of Ethiopian literature. The novel gained popularity largely due to its widespread dissemination on Ethiopian radio during the Derg regime. It was featured on the popular radio program "Kemetsahifit Alem" (The world of Books) by host Wegayehu Nigatu. The author himself later praised Wegayehu for quote "giving life to the characters in the story" with his narration of the novel. An English translation, titled Love Unto Crypt, was done by Sisay Ayenew. PlotThe books centres on a romance between the beautiful Seble, daughter of a nobleman called Meshesha. She remains unmarried as nobody is considered noble enough for her, but when a tutor arrives they fall in love. Sahle Sellassie Berhane Mariam, commissioned by Heinemann to write a report on the book ahead of a potential translation wrote: '"Masterfully grafted to this love theme unfolds another, more serious story - the relation of the tradit1onal nobleman Meshesha and his peasant-tenants, a relation that ends in a peasants' revolt, and the subsequent humiliation of the captured Meshesha. The leader of the peasant revolt does not kill Meshesha. He prefers to make him a laughing stock to all who know him by capturing him alive and taking him to the provincial court...' ReceptionThe novel is one of the most famous in Ethiopia. It is particularly popular among those individuals who lived through the 1970s and 80's during the Derg regime, during which it was once narrated over the radio. A music video titled "Mar eske Twauf" by the award winning Ethiopian music star Teddy Afro based on this novel was released on YouTube. ReferencesRelevant literatureAbakano, Bezaye. 2010. 'Dynamic Equivalence and Formal Correspondence in Sisay Ayenews "Love Unto Crypt".' Addis Ababa University: MA thesis. [http://etd.aau.edu.et/bitstream/handle/123456789/6356/Bezaye%20Abakano.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Online access] Category:1968 novels Category:Ethiopian books Category:Amharic-language books | |
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