Dark Heart of the Night |
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| Author:
| Miano, Léonora
Editions Plon, Editions |
| Translator:
| Black, Tamsin |
| Series title: | French Voices Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8032-2823-8 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2010 |
| Publisher: | University of Nebraska Press
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| Imprint: | Bison Books |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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What is Africa's own ""heart of darkness""? It is what confronts Ayan#65533; when, after three years abroad, she returns to the Central African village of her birth. Now an ""outsider"" and distrusted by her fellow villagers, she must face alone the superstitions that bind this clan of men and women. This is a profoundly disturbing novel in its evocation of the darkest side of people driven by their instinct to survive.
What is Africa's own ""heart of darkness""? It is what confronts Ayan#65533; when, after three years abroad, she returns to the Central African village of her birth. Now an ""outsider"" and distrusted by her fellow villagers, she must face alone the superstitions that bind this clan of men and women. This is a profoundly disturbing novel in its evocation of the darkest side of people driven by their instinct to survive.