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LA LEONESSA
In a world torn apart by war and power, one woman's love defies convention, and survival becomes her fiercest battle. This novel is inspired by a true story. tle.
East Berlin, 1964: 22-year-old Friederike 'Rike' Beck is a student at the University of Potsdam and the mother of a seven-year-old girl from an affair with Klaus, her first husband, a violent and dangerous man.
When she meets Alexander Onyemo, a Nigerian engineering student, the two could not be more different. Against all social conventions, Rike and Alex start dating, and their love affair leads to the birth of a girl.
They decide to get married and, once they finish their studies, to move to Enugu, Nigeria, where Alex will hold a prestigious position with the country's most important mining company.
It is traumatic at first when they arrive in Africa, but after a few months, Rike becomes part of the local White Western elite: businessmen with their wives, diplomats, and spies. Rike realizes that the country is on the verge of civil war: the Biafra tragedy has just started.
This great epic love story ranges from East Germany in the 1950s to Nigeria in the 1970s.
Francesco Ferracin was born in Venice in 1973. His literary debut was Una vasca di troppo (Fanucci, 2008). In 2009 he co-wrote the film Handel and staged the melodrama L'incubo della Farfalla, among many other publications. He lives between Italy and Berlin.
LA LEONESSA is based on the diaries of Christel Onyewenjo-Schroeder.
When she meets Alexander Onyemo, a Nigerian engineering student, the two could not be more different. Against all social conventions, Rike and Alex start dating, and their love affair leads to the birth of a girl.
They decide to get married and, once they finish their studies, to move to Enugu, Nigeria, where Alex will hold a prestigious position with the country's most important mining company.
It is traumatic at first when they arrive in Africa, but after a few months, Rike becomes part of the local White Western elite: businessmen with their wives, diplomats, and spies. Rike realizes that the country is on the verge of civil war: the Biafra tragedy has just started.
This great epic love story ranges from East Germany in the 1950s to Nigeria in the 1970s.
Francesco Ferracin was born in Venice in 1973. His literary debut was Una vasca di troppo (Fanucci, 2008). In 2009 he co-wrote the film Handel and staged the melodrama L'incubo della Farfalla, among many other publications. He lives between Italy and Berlin.
LA LEONESSA is based on the diaries of Christel Onyewenjo-Schroeder.
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Published 2024-03-01 by Linea editions |