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The Lights of Pointe-Noire by Alain Mabanckou

angebil's review against another edition

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reflective medium-paced

4.0

gianluigib75's review against another edition

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4.0

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arsenic's review against another edition

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4.0

C'est le 1er livre que je lis de cet auteur et c'est dommage car il y a plein de références à ses précédents ouvrages. Celui-ci est très bibliographique, il revient à Ponte-Noire de nombreuses années après avoir quitté le Congo et parcourt la ville où plein de souvenirs lui reviennent. Chaque chapitre a pour thème un personnage ou un lieu et finit par une photo ce qui ancre le livre dans la réalité.

Il y a beaucoup de nostalgie et de tendresse quand l'auteur se remémore son enfance et sa famille même s'il est maintenant déconnecté d'eux puisqu'il vit loin et ne les a pas revus depuis longtemps. J'ai trouvé ça touchant et sympathique avec plein de personnages haut en couleur.

ali_baba_reads's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

geirertzgaard's review against another edition

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5.0

Den mest spesielle boka jeg har lest av en afrikansk forfatter om å komme tilbake til hjembyen. Jeg er helt annet og finere bilde enn jeg har lest tidligere. Sterkt anbefalt!

oxnard_montalvo's review against another edition

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Very moving reflection on childhood, memory, place and relationships. Definitely got more out of some chapters over others- more lucid maybe, easier to follow or simply more interesting.

serendipitysbooks's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

 The Lights of Pointe-Noire recounts the author’s homecoming after years away. There are a lot of family issues to work through including his mixed feelings about his mother and relatives who judge him for not returning for her funeral.
While the focus and tone change over the book, but then end the reader has a picture of his childhood in Pointe-Noire as well as what the community is like at the time of his return. 

kellylibrarian's review

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informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

faizafiza's review

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emotional informative slow-paced

2.5

gloriatulwan's review against another edition

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emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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