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This book is both captivating, heart-rending and touching, yet brutal and deeply sad.
Kambili is the silent observer and protagonist in the tale. She is neither bitter nor angry, merely trying to come to terms with what is happening to her family and make sense of her place in the world. We meet her father through her eyes; therefore he is initially presented as a respectable figure of authority and it is only little by little that we learn his true nature, as we too “grow up” with Kambili and be ...more
Kambili is the silent observer and protagonist in the tale. She is neither bitter nor angry, merely trying to come to terms with what is happening to her family and make sense of her place in the world. We meet her father through her eyes; therefore he is initially presented as a respectable figure of authority and it is only little by little that we learn his true nature, as we too “grow up” with Kambili and be ...more
This was a great novel. I can't read to read Half of a Yellow Sun now.
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A startling and assured debut novel.
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