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Reidulf Knut Molvaer: Tradition and change in Ethiopia: social and cultural life as reflected in Amharic fictional literature ca. 1930-1974. xi, 268 pp. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1980. Guilders 84.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

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Copyright © School of Oriental and African Studies 1981

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1 Some idea of the nature of its criticism may be guessed by the quote appearing in Araya (the only portion of this work known to have been published) which reads ‘If I see something in good condition, I will get no rest unless I destroy it, no matter what. I will get no sleep. I cannot bear to see something prosper.’ The quoted passage begins a chapter relating Araya's frustrations in government service. In a personal communication, Professor Lanfranco Ricci informed me that he has come into possession of a manuscript of this work.

2 p. 31, Yähəywät tarik, Addis Ababa, 1915 A.M. (1922). Afäwärq receives a brief notice on p. 56 indicating that he was then serving as market superintendent in Dire Dawa.