Wilton SankawuloRessenyes
Autor/a de The rain and the night
Ressenyes
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In "The Rain and the Night" the chiefs, the wives, the enemies, the medicine men, the advisers and the warriors are so purpose-built that they don't really deserve to be called "characters" so much as "representatives." The story is so familiar, the lessons so over-taught, that I'm not sure whether or not it offers an accurate impression of a Liberian village and tribal conflict in the early 20th century. Though it must, at least, clarify the social hierarchy within Bong County, Liberia. Yes, Bong County. If my version was accurately transcribed from the original, it is fair to say that the language often deploys bombastic words at inappropriate times in an extremely self-conscious display of learning-in-progress. At least every two pages or so, the awkwardness of the author's phrases are distracting. If you are going to be a folklorist, your sacrificial chickens needn't be "overpowered with lassitude."