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Dark Heart of the Night

Dark Heart of the Night

Black, Tamsin
Miano, Léonora
Editions Plon

Paperback

Series: French Voices

Literary Fiction

Publisher Price: $19.95

ISBN10: 0803228236
ISBN13: 9780803228238
Publisher: Univ Of Nebraska Pr
Published: Apr 1 2010
Pages: 156
Weight: 0.42
Height: 0.34 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.46
Language: English
What is Africa's own heart of darkness? It is what confronts Ayané when, after three years abroad, she returns to the Central African village of her birth. Now an outsider with foreign ways distrusted by her fellow villagers, she must face alone the customs and superstitions that bind this clan of men and women. When invading militia organize a horrific ceremony that they claim will help reunite Africa, Ayané is forced to confront the monstrosity of the act that follows, as well as the responsibility that all the villagers must bear for silently accepting evil done in their name. Through Ayané's unwilling witness, Léonora Miano probes the themes of submission and responsibility and questions the role of Africans in the suffering of their fellows. Also exploring African identity, Dark Heart of the Night is a profoundly disturbing novel in its evocation of the darkest side of people driven by their instinct to survive.

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