{"product_id":"2026100009020-secondhand-to-asmara-signed","title":"To Asmara (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st us ed., 2nd pr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet against the brutal and largely forgotten war for Eritrean independence, To Asmara transports readers into one of the twentieth century's most harrowing conflicts, following a cast of disparate Westerners — journalists, aid workers, and idealists — as they make their dangerous pilgrimage through the Ethiopian highlands toward the rebel stronghold of Asmara. Thomas Keneally, drawing on his own firsthand experience in the region, presents a narrative of extraordinary moral urgency, chronicling the collision between African resolve and Western incomprehension with an unflinching authenticity that few novelists could achieve.\n\nKeneally's prose moves with the spare, sun-bleached intensity of the landscape itself, weaving together the personal and the political to argue that bearing witness is both a privilege and a profound responsibility. Rich in humanitarian concern and political insight, the novel stands as a companion piece to the author's broader body of work — a body that includes Schindler's Ark — cementing his reputation as a writer who seeks out history's darkest corners and illuminates them with searing compassion. The author's signature blend of meticulous research and novelistic empathy leaves the reader asking an uncomfortable question: what, ultimately, does the outside world owe to those who fight and die beyond its gaze?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336814600411,"sku":"2026100009020-SECONDHAND","price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/3930b545-b87f-4410-8987-1b9893337e38.png?v=1789958603","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009020-secondhand-to-asmara-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}