Lintérieur de la nuit

Posted on 12 November 2018 by Léonora Miano

De nos jours Dans un pays imaginaire d Afrique noireApr s plusieurs ann es d tudes en Europe, la fille de l trang re , Ayan , retourne Eku, son village natal, au chevet de sa m re La col re gronde dans cette r gion entour e de collines au milieu de la brousse, qui volue hors du temps, selon des traditions ancestrales de pr tendus patriotes du Nord, furieux et sanguinaires, r ussissent p n trer au coeur d Eku et le mettent en quarantaine Sous couvert d une id ologie pr nant le retour une Afrique flamboyante et mythologique, les miliciens pr parent une longue et horrifiante c r monie pour Ayan , la nuit sera longue Free Read [ Lintérieur de la nuit ] Author [ Léonora Miano ] – kino-fada.fr I loved this book What interested me most was how Ayan struggled with a kind of internalized racism toward her own community Miano does an excellent job gently teasing out and examining different ways people respond to trauma some victim blame, some act bravely, some act cowardly, and everyone is at a loss A very thoughtful reflection on how people are affected but yet manage to go on when the very worst is visited upon them.One of my favorite quotesL homme ne serait qu un criminel en pu I loved this book What interested me most was how Ayan struggled with a kind of internalized racism toward her own community Miano does an excellent job gently teasing out and examining different ways people respond to trauma some victim blame, some act bravely, some act cowardly, and everyone is at a loss A very thoughtful reflection on how people are affected but yet manage to go on when the very worst is visited upon them.One of my favorite quotesL homme ne serait qu un criminel en puissance Un criminel si l occasion s en pr sente Il me semble d ailleurs que ce crime terre terre et tr s vident te choque plus que d autres, plus subtils, plus polic s, les incessants crimes de masse que commettent les puissants de ce monde Tu rejettes ces gens qui ne poss dent que leur vie, mais a te g ne mois que des salopards patent s d cident de faire la guerre si c est bon pour les affaires Ici comme ailleurs, des forts sont venus terrasser des faibles, et tout ce qui te perturbe, c est que ...This night in Eku, it was lost Africa, Africa crippled by the impact of her encounter with the elsewhere that was struggling to rise again But the cultural uppercut she had received had skewed her understanding Remembering only dimly what she really was, she was reinventing herself in a macabre way before the villagers assembled She was doing the same thing far away in countries with names unknown to the Ekus she was tearing herself apart in genocides or civil wars, as though to gouge deep This night in Eku, it was lost Africa, Africa crippled by the impact of her encounter with the elsewhere that was struggling to rise again But the cultural uppercut she had received had skewed her understanding Remembering only dimly what she really was, she was reinventing herself in a macabre way before the villagers assembled She was doing the same thing far away in countries with names unknown to the Ekus she was tearing herself apart in genocides or civil wars, as though to gouge deeper into her wounds For she could not resolve to forgive herself for having let herself be overrun, trampled, and effaced from her own memory This book was the selection from Cameroon for the World Cup of literature Really a novella only 143 pages it packed a punch I would give it 3.5 stars if I could I felt the translation didn t lose much on the reader and the writing style originally in French was circuitous, but in a good way The prose drew me in ...Philosophical concepts tend to be topics for abstract discussions in ivory towers In that setting, the real world sometimes seems secondary to applying various modes of logic and reasoning Cameroon born author L onora Miano s novel Dark Heart of the Night illustrates how fiction can personify such concepts and their role in the lives of one or many.Miano s focus is fatalism, something philosophers categorize by the logic and arguments that support it and distinguish from such things as deter Philosophical concepts tend to be topics for abstract discussions in ivory towers In that setting, the real world sometimes seems secondary to applying various modes of logic and reasoning Cameroon born author L onora Miano s novel Dark Heart of the Night illustrates how fiction can personify such concepts and their role in the lives of one or many.Miano s focus is fatalism, something philosophers categorize by the logic and arguments that support it and distinguish from such things as determinism and predestination That is far from what Dark Heart of the Night does It seeks to show its role and implications in the context of African society and development.The relatively short novel is built examines these issues largely from the viewpoint of Ayan Now living in France, she has returned to Eku, her remote village in a fictional African country, because her mother i...Apr s des tudes en France, Ayan retourne dans son village natal, ou elle n est plus la bienvenue Tout au long de ce roman les v nements tragiques se succ dent et elle se heurt un syst me traditionaliste, fataliste et...Tr s puissant parce que ce r cit n est pas manich en le personnage principal, Ayan , a de tr s bonnes raisons de vouloir se distancier d une culture qui ne l a jamais accept e mais en faisant ceci, n est elle pa...Well wrote, and very realistic in the manner of describing events Miano does not hesitate to put the uncomfortable at the forefront in her book Short and easy to read in English , but heavy on topics Would probably read again at a later date. From her point of view, the Africans whole life was spent escaping death They did not even seem aware that it surrounded them It ran in rivers seething with worms that covered the children s skin in ulcers It was in the water they drank, in the pools stagnating outside their huts, sending clouds of mosquitoes to cover the world a...Very harrowing read though not a long novel had to put it down several times an eye openerA very harrowing read that does not paint a pretty picture of Cameroon Well written but very disturbing don t read if feeling downJuste le contraire de l oiseau multicolore.L horreur, la force, la lumi re de la vie.Une conteuse sobre.

French
12 November 2018

Léonora Miano