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This one was hard to follow. It was a mix of Malagasy myths and the story of Ietsy, who is named after the Great Ancestor and struggles to live up to his legacy. He is sent to Paris as a boy and fucks around with his life until he returns to Madagascar. The switches between the past and present were unclear and the characters were very unlikeable. The myths were interesting though

For #readafrica2022 representing #Madagascar I picked this novella length read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ read. This may be one of those books that things go missing with translation. This is only the second book from that island that‘s been translated from a local. His descriptions of the island is what kept me reading @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @Texreader

Suffering from insomnia, Iesty passes the nights looking back over his privileged life as a member of Madagascar's hereditary elite and the derivation of his status from the island's legendary history.

The shifts in the timeline and between Iesty's life and the legendary past were not always easy to follow and I felt that I could have done with more background context. So-So reflects my subjective reaction rather than the book's intrinsic merit.

#lunchandabook #worldbookday

I am going to read the tagged book today in honour of World Book Day.

I haven't got very far with Rules of Civility so I will carry on with it tomorrow.

The Bone Ritual is a treebook for reading in bed.

#WeekendReading
#WorldBookDay

@Andrew65

This slim novel about a privileged young man from #Madagascar didn‘t quite work for me. Some parts were engaging, like the time he spent going to school in France, but he is never quite redeemed.

#ReadingAfrica2022

The novel slips between the main character's present, his childhood and young adulthood, and Malagasi history and mythology. It's not always clear (to me at least) what parallels or meaning one is intended to draw between these parts, which sit somewhat separately above the surface, presumably joined beneath it. Which is to say, I suppose, that this is a book which requires some work of the reader, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. ...

#sharreadReadathon wrap-up In loving memory RIP

It was a good week for #readingafrica2022. I finished these books for #Burundi #Rwanda #Tanzania #Kenya #Uganda #Ghana and #Madagascar

 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Extremely subtle tie between the island‘s mythology and the story of the up and coming ruler/playboy of #Madagascar makes me wonder: was it me, the translation, or did this just make little sense? Both the author and translator have won awards so it must be me. I‘m not sure what I was reading half the time. Saved from a pan thanks to the story of the wife who settled the wealthy-beyond-words playboy down. Now she was admirable. #readingafrica2022

My fifth book for #ReadingAfrica2022 is from #Madagascar 🇲🇬
The blurb describes it as a coming-of-age story, and there are suggestions that it interweaves mythology and fantasy, with the MC, Ietsy, sharing a name with the Malagasy primal human.
The setting takes in both Madagascar and France, so I imagine there will be a clash-of-cultures theme, too. Only one way to find out ... 📖
@Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Starting this one today. #Madagascar #readingAfrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

#sharreadreadathon in memory

Happy World Book Day.

Countries represented:
UK, Indonesia, France, Canada, China, Italy, US, Japan, Madagascar

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