By Night the Mountain Burns

by Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel

Rating: 4 (6 votes)

Tags: Male author

By Night the Mountain Burns

Description:
Exiled Equatorial Guinean writer shows the life of the native people of his west African island destroyed by distant rulers.

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(4 months ago)
16 May, 2025
Wha I loved most about this book is also what I disliked about it. I loved that it was written in the style of a person telling you a story, it was written how they would actually speak. This gave the book a very personal feeling. It also distracted from it a bit because there are parts that are extremely repetitive - so much so that I found myself skimming through some pages. Overall it is a good book that’s gives an intimate look into the lives of people on a remote and small island of the coast of west Africa and I do highly recommend it.

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