Still Waters in Niger

Posted on 22 November 2018 by Kathleen Hill

A New York Times Notable Book for 1999 Best Fiction of 1999, the Los Angeles Times Book Review Starred review, Publishers WeeklyFinalist for 1998 Dublin IMPAC Literary Award Best Read [ Still Waters in Niger ] author [ Kathleen Hill ] – kino-fada.fr Felt like this was reading a diary but not a juicy one that you want to find all the secrets It was just descriptions of the things she saw without any further investigation.The narrator has returned to Niger to visit her daughter Zara, and revisit the country she left seventeen years ago The first images are of poverty and disease Two children begging a one legged boy on crutches, and a girl who moves by dragging herself through the sand using wooden blocks That was the first and last time I felt a part of the events Throughout the book, the narrator seemed to view everything from a distanceshe feels distant with her daughter, she feels distant from her pas The narrator has returned to Niger to visit her daughter Zara, and revisit the country she left seventeen years ago The first images are of poverty and disease Two children begging a one legged boy on crutches, and a girl who moves by dragging herself through the sand using wooden blocks That was the first and last time I felt a part of the events Throughout the book, the narrator seemed to view everything from a distanceshe feels distant with her daughter, she feels distant from her past, she n...I may as well come to terms with the fact that there is no way I ll be finishing this book It seems like some sort of event happened in the past that is heavily hinted at in a number of ways, most of all the narrator s somewhat shell shocked demeanor though I could be wrong about tha...Lyrical, melancholy, a lot of really powerful descriptions of heat and famine, and good insights into the relationships between mothers and daughters.But it s not a story and it has no characters, really It s almost a poem.The prose in this book is rich and lyrical It s enjoyable just for that There is not much plot, but the mother daughter dynamic is explored in several vignettes A fascinating journey through a foreign land.A 3.5 4 for this story of a mother who returns to Africa to repair the relationship with her daughter.Still Waters in Niger Triquarterly Books by Kathleen Hill 2002

English
22 November 2018

Kathleen Hill