Books by Aminatta Forna
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review 1: I was urged to read this by friends who share my love for the novels of Per Petersen. It is similar in style and story, and also a little like Paul Yoon's magnificent SNOW HUNTERS, though not nearly as subtle, magical, or poetic (I do love that book) . . . This is a captivating, ...
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review 1: I loved this book for the look into the psyche of post-war Croatians it provides. Buried deep beneath the surface of the story, which takes place in recent years, are the horrors of the mid-90s Croatian War of Independence. One knows they must underpin all that goes on in this ...
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review 1: With this book you will dive into Sierra Leone. I had never given the place much thought, and the book has made me ashamed of that. The book also unfolds much to think on around the themes of memory, trauma and hope. As the story starts to wind down, as the threads start to draw ...
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review 1: This is an excellent addition to the surprisingly large subgenre of novels about European doctors in African civil wars (Cutting for Stone, The Last King of Scotland). Unfortunately, the first hundred pages are as dry and repellent as the rest of the novel is passionate and enga...