In Stories from Ethiopia, Charlotte Schiander Gray deftly presents the trials and the delights of life in Ethiopia. The sharp aroma of roasting coffee, the cascades of bougainvillea, the press of the streets, the cool of a compound, the buzz of flies, and the incense of Coptic churches are all here in a series of swiftly sketched vignettes, old and new. In fourteen tales, each revealing a new facet of a glorious story and a proud people, we catch...