Whoa. What a twisty, bizarre, powerful book. Ondjaki has serious literary teeth. It started strong and got better as it went. #Angola #readaroundtheworld #readharder
Whoa. What a twisty, bizarre, powerful book. Ondjaki has serious literary teeth. It started strong and got better as it went. #Angola #readaroundtheworld #readharder
I see descriptions like this often enough that it's got me thinking about starting up a literary cooking hobby... 🤔
Super interesting and surprisingly madcap book about/by an author from #Angola #readaroundtheworld #readingintranslation #readharder
This month we are heading to Angola. We are joined by Laura (Reading in Bed) to talk about the BTBA 2019 longlisted book Transparent City by Ondjaki (translated by Stephen Henighan)
I read half of this, and while there were things I admired, I felt no strong emotions about any of the characters. So I have decided not to continue. I will try another, later novel by the same writer some day.