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By Night the Mountain Burns

Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel
3.50/5 (351 ratings)
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By Night The Mountain Burns recounts the narrator’s childhood on a remote island off the West African coast, living with his mysterious grandfather, several mothers and no fathers. We learn of a dark chapter in the island’s history: a bush fire destroys the crops, then hundreds perish in a cholera outbreak. Superstition dominates: now the islanders must sacrifice their possessions to the enraged ocean god. What of their lives will they manage to save?

Whitmanesque in its lyrical evocation of the island, Ávila Laurel’s writing builds quietly, through the oral rhythms of traditional storytelling, into gripping drama worthy of an Achebe or a García Márquez.
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
2014
Publisher:
And Other Stories
Edition:
1st Edition, First Edition
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1908276401
ISBN13:
9781908276407
kindle Asin:
B00N3RWZT6

By Night the Mountain Burns

Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel
3.50/5 (351 ratings)
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By Night The Mountain Burns recounts the narrator’s childhood on a remote island off the West African coast, living with his mysterious grandfather, several mothers and no fathers. We learn of a dark chapter in the island’s history: a bush fire destroys the crops, then hundreds perish in a cholera outbreak. Superstition dominates: now the islanders must sacrifice their possessions to the enraged ocean god. What of their lives will they manage to save?

Whitmanesque in its lyrical evocation of the island, Ávila Laurel’s writing builds quietly, through the oral rhythms of traditional storytelling, into gripping drama worthy of an Achebe or a García Márquez.
Format:
Pages:
pages
Publication:
2014
Publisher:
And Other Stories
Edition:
1st Edition, First Edition
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
1908276401
ISBN13:
9781908276407
kindle Asin:
B00N3RWZT6

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