Song for night, a novella
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Song for night, a novella
Language
eng
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no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Song for night
Medium
electronic resource
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Sub title
a novella
Summary
Part Inferno, part Paradise Lost, and part Sunjiata epic, Song for Night is the story of a West African boy soldier's lyrical, terrifying, yet beautiful journey through the nightmare landscape of a brutal war in search of his lost platoon. The reader is led by the voiceless protagonist who, as part of a land mine-clearing platoon, had his vocal chords cut, a move to keep these children from screaming when blown up, and thereby distracting the other minesweepers. The book is written in a ghostly voice, with each chapter headed by a line of the unique sign language these children invented. This book is unlike anything else ever written about an African war
Target audience
adult
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