The Devil That Danced On The Water by Aminatta Forna

The Devil That Danced On The Water

Aminatta Forna

403 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
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A daughter's memoir of her father, her family, her country and a continent. Aminatta Forna's personal history is a passionate and vivid account of an African childhood - of an idyll which became a nightmare. As a child she witnessed the upheavals ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 58 reviews

Moods

emotional 83%
reflective 83%
challenging 66%
informative 66%
sad 33%
dark 16%
hopeful 16%
inspiring 16%

Pace

slow 60%
medium 40%

Average rating

4.07

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