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Cutting for Stone
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bookshelves: category-fiction, misc-grandmawillapprove, author-alwayshappytoread, published-2000s, author-debutnovel, award-penhemingwayfinalist
May 25, 2011
bookshelves: category-fiction, misc-grandmawillapprove, author-alwayshappytoread, published-2000s, author-debutnovel, award-penhemingwayfinalist
Excellent book!!!
Among things I did not know, and learned from this great story, is that the Rastafarian faith takes its name from Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. His pre-imperial name was Ras Tafari Makonnen. He is believed by the Rastafarians to be Christ incarnate, who would lead the people of Africa to freedom.
But the book is not about Haile Selassie or Rastafarians. It is, at heart, a book about family, passions, life's mysteries and challenges, set upon the stage of mid-20th century Ethiopia.
Among things I did not know, and learned from this great story, is that the Rastafarian faith takes its name from Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia. His pre-imperial name was Ras Tafari Makonnen. He is believed by the Rastafarians to be Christ incarnate, who would lead the people of Africa to freedom.
But the book is not about Haile Selassie or Rastafarians. It is, at heart, a book about family, passions, life's mysteries and challenges, set upon the stage of mid-20th century Ethiopia.
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Reading Progress
Started Reading
May 1, 2011
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Finished Reading
May 25, 2011
– Shelved
May 25, 2011
– Shelved as:
category-fiction
July 25, 2017
– Shelved as:
misc-grandmawillapprove
September 22, 2018
– Shelved as:
author-alwayshappytoread
March 18, 2022
– Shelved as:
published-2000s
May 5, 2022
– Shelved as:
author-debutnovel
May 5, 2022
– Shelved as:
award-penhemingwayfinalist
