Snares Without End

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A novel, also a philosophical tale in which destiny entraps the innocent protagonist and holds him fast A man s life is ruined when he is unjustly accused of adultery. New Read Books Snares Without End author Olympe Bhêly-Quenum – kino-fada.fr Interesting but flawed novel of Dahomey BeninWhen you think of African writers, names like Achebe, Armah, Beti, Ekwensi, Laye, Ngugi, Ousmane, Oyono, and Soyinka come to mind Frankly, before picking up this book, I had never heard of Olympe Bh ly Qu num, a writer from the former French colony of Dahomey, which became Benin some years after its independence in 1960 The introduction to the book suggests that the author was ignored in the 60s because he wasn t anti colonialist enough, because he Interesting but flawed novel of Dahomey BeninWhen you think of African writers, names like Achebe, Armah, Beti, Ekwensi, Laye, Ngugi, Ousmane, Oyono, and Soyinka come to mind Frankly, before picking up this b...This book is just WAOUH , my first shock of 2015 Written 55 years ago, first book of the author, it is a profound, human and beautiful story I have sharedof my thoughts hereAs part of my Global reading project, I was directed to the works of Olympe Bhely Quenum as most representative of literature from Benin This novel, Snares Without End was originally written in French and published in 1960 at a time when there was a plethora of post colonial writing coming out of both Francophonie as well as English speaking Africa Thus, Bhely Quenum was overshadowed byprominent African writers of the period.Though himself a product of the French speaking middle class As part of my Global reading project, I was directed to the works of Olympe Bhely Quenum as most representative of literature from Benin This novel, Snares Without End was originally written in French and published in 1960 at a time when there was a plethora of post colonial writing coming out of both Francophonie as well as English speaking Africa Thus, Bhely Quenum was overshadowed byprominent African writers of the period.Though hims...Read the world BeninWhat a strange book I really enjoyed the first half of it, which describes the life of the protagonist and his family in their village Then the second half of the book is like if it was a different book Different style, different narrative, a total mess Didn t like it at all.The latest entry for The Africa Book Challenge Snares Without End by Olympe Bh ly Qu num for Benin is now available.Click on the URL on the profile page to learnabout this thought provoking philosophical novel.

Snares Without End
  • English
  • 05 October 2019
  • Hardcover
  • 230 pages
  • 0894101846
  • Olympe Bhêly-Quenum
  • Snares Without End