Translated from Amharic by Constantin Kaïteris, this emblematic novel, as abundant as it is poetic, plunges the reader into an Ethiopian society suffocated by social divisions. September 23, 2021 at 5:31 PM By Hanna Pasquier Updated on October 5, 2021 Born in 1910 and died in 2003, Haddis Alemayehu, an Ethiopian scholar and politician during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie, is one of those intellectuals steeped in both traditional culture and Western education. For him, Ethiopian society suffered from many ills. A political and social observation which is at the origin of the writing of Love until the tomb. This novel published in … Continue reading “Love to the Grave” by Haddis Alemayehu, an Ethiopian classic