# Towards Asmara

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- Book: [Towards Asmara](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-keneally/towards-asmara) ([Towards Asmara.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-keneally/towards-asmara.md))
- Authors: [Thomas Keneally](https://www.bookquiver.com/thomas-keneally)
- Publisher: sceptre
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4478-321-6
- Published: 2014-04-10
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

During the Eritrean struggle for independence from Ethiopia, four Westerners travel under Eritrean rebel escort through a land of savage beauty and bitter drought towards the ancient capital of Asmara. Each is on a personal mission, all are irrevocably changed as they bear witness to the devastation of war as well as to the Eritreans' courage and humanity in the face of constant attack.