Saturdays kinderen by Ayesha Harruna Attah

Saturdays kinderen (original 2014; edition 2014)

by Ayesha Harruna Attah, Paul Bruijn, Molly Van Gelder

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Set in the 1990s in West Africa, Saturday's Shadows is a novel about the slow, yet unpredictable implosion of a marriage. It is also a tale of love and devotion, as well as a study in the psychology of tyrants and how their rule destroys not only their subjects but themselves. Influenced by Naguib Mahfouz's Palace Walk (Anchor, 1956) and William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying (1930), Saturday's Shadows allows its four characters to narrate how they will do almost anything to find themselves.… (more)

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Member:	boekenwijs
Title:	Saturdays kinderen
Authors:	Ayesha Harruna Attah
Other authors:	Paul Bruijn, Molly Van Gelder
Info:	Breda De Geus 2014
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Het verhaal begint heel erg sterk met een aantal verhaallijnen. Maar halverwege worden de plots behoorlijk voorspelbaar en wordt het een soort kasteelroman. De schrijver neemt het daarna wel weer sterk op, maar verzandt dan doordat er teveel lijnen parallel lopen. Dat komt de diepgang niet ten goede. Eigenlijk zou dit boek met gemak uit 4 delen kunnen bestaan als de diverse personen beter gevolgd worden. Desalniettemin een sterk boek dat ik met plezier heb gelezen. (

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Set in the 1990s in West Africa, Saturday's Shadows is a novel about the slow, yet unpredictable implosion of a marriage. It is also a tale of love and devotion, as well as a study in the psychology of tyrants and how their rule destroys not only their subjects but themselves. Influenced by Naguib Mahfouz's Palace Walk (Anchor, 1956) and William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying (1930), Saturday's Shadows allows its four characters to narrate how they will do almost anything to find themselves.

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