{"product_id":"9781906188092-ethiopia-boy","title":"Ethiopia Boy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author grew up in 1960s Ethiopia, a country he describes as a 'barefoot empire, home of black-maned lions .old priests decked out like butterflies and blazing young singers of Ethio-jazz'. This book plunges the reader into praise poems that sing and boast and glory in the colours and textures of this country.\u003cbr\u003eChris Beckett grew up in 1960s Ethiopia, a country he describes as a ‘barefoot empire, home of black-maned lions.old priests decked out like butterflies and blazing young singers of Ethio-jazz’. \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEthiopia Boy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e plunges the reader into praise poems that sing and boast and glory in the colours and textures of this extraordinary country. Here is a world of feasting on spicy kikwot and of famine sucking the water from rivers, of lion buses and a prayer child, where Earth sings greetings to the feet that walk on her.\u003cbr\u003e               Haunted by the memory of his friend Abebe, the cook’s son, Beckett celebrates and laments a lost boyhood in poems of vivid immediacy.\u003cbr\u003e               COVER PAINTING Isao Miura, \u003cem\u003eCrossing the Water\u003c\/em\u003e (oil on canvas). Reproduced by kind permission of the artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449979515254,"sku":"9781906188092","price":8.07,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_35890684.jpg?v=1760446988","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781906188092-ethiopia-boy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}