Bibliograph

Song for night, a novella

Type

Label

Song for night, a novella

Language

eng

Index

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

Classification